Marshall seemed content to sit and listen, so the game went on with daring adventures, narrow escapes, tragic illnesses and even a romance or two. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their romance blossomed in the heady days of the war, and they married in 1944 at the Winston family home on Lincoln Street. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

They say everything is better in Paris, the food, the architecture, the romance; I found even fencing belonged on that list. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Elderly men with handkerchiefs full of crusts for the birds, children with their kites and balls, and young couples under the spell of romance took their shifts. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

She whisked the guy off and started dancing with him, and that was the end of that short-lived romance for me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

“They buy millions of them. There are lots of writers who make millions by writing romance novels.” The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

So I feigned interest in flowery descriptions of thwarted romance and complicated sacrifice all the way back to the main road, where Lula turned off to her house while Travis strenuously waved goodbye. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

He doubted anyone had ever even imagined that a single formula could predict the rise and fall of romances universally. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

"Why? You think she bought into that sappy romance stuff?" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I heard he had a secret romance with the illusionist,” Elizabeth remarks, smiling over her glass of wine. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She served us, helped us dress, sent us off to school, and left for her own job in a fog of pain that obliterated all hope, all romance. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

About a year ago Francis repeated to me a rumor—which we subsequently found was complete romance—that Julian had been appointed royal tutor to the little crown prince of Suaoriland, somewhere in East Africa. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Minnie filled her letters with news of her fast-intensifying romance and expressed wonder that such a handsome man had chosen her to be his wife. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

‘Well, well, well. Let’s see it. Is it going to be a love story? A romance? What’s it about?’ Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the warm night air and with Phil’s hand around mine, it’s a gorgeous romance. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

Members of the Youth Corps were involved, however, in C.P.’s most blatant act of violence, a brutal and stupid affair that was given an undeserved element of romance with the label “the shoot-out.” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Yossarian was busy expurgating all but romance words from the letters when the chaplain sat down in a chair between the beds and asked him how he was feeling. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

She loves romance and I prefer action movies. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Our family allowed some romance, paying adult brides’ prices and providing dowries so that their sons and daughters could marry strangers. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Walter didn't know the legal history, but like every black man in Alabama he knew deep in his bones the perils of interracial romance. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Hilda especially will want to know I’m not entirely clueless when it comes to matters of romance. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents don't comment much on our friendship becoming a romance. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The glory of the romance caught her like a rip tide and carried her away. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“It was. Of course, we could never really go anywhere, so the entire fleeting romance took place on school grounds.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

It’s not time for romance—it’s time to get strong, and basketball season’s only two months away. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was my idea that we disguise ourselves as a rustic and a shepherdess, for the lovers in Gertrude’s romances often did so. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

I’m a little jealous Dylan is in this phase of his new romance, where it feels like anything is possible. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

The coat looked shabby, an imitation of romance. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a chaste romance—“I didn’t kiss her until I asked her to marry me,” he said—he became engaged to a missionary colleague, Liz Chalmers. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

It was a bold move on my grandmother's part, and though we could all revel in the romance of it, it was a love affair that destroyed multiple lives and scandalized an entire family. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Still, that never stopped him on the quest for another great romance. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“Right. Because you usually pack for a hot hospital romance?” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The book was, true enough, what might be described as a 'sentimental romance' - one of a number kept in the library, and also in several of the guest bedrooms, for the entertainment of lady visitors. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I have yet to see a single romance starring a gorilla. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“Everything. From, like, hideous romance to pretentious fiction to poetry. Whatever.” The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Once Charley fell in love with a dachshund, a romance racially unsuitable, physically ridiculous, and mechanically impossible. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lynching of Charley, who was known by Walter's family, was believed to have been prompted by an interracial romance. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t about to say any of that romance stuff that Hollywood and television had filled women’s heads with. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

With the publication of his novels The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau in the mid-1890s, he became known for his innovative scientific romances, today known as science fiction. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

He thought this quite a nice gesture, but the romance was lost on Ruby. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

It was a moon built for big dreams and romance. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Alone in his smoky, dirty London house, Charles thought about love and romance and what went with it. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had felt more than this—you might say that she had felt everything except the passion of romance. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Are you trying to arrange a romance for my supercargo?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

To say my thoughts aloud would be tipping off the audience that the romance has been fabricated to play on their sympathies and that would result in no food at all. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Now, stop this romancing and never let it trouble again—ever. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it was a bad night for romance all around. Ginny and Dean split up too, Harry.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ambitiously, Haiselden meant to market his film as a “date night” movie: it had love, romance, suspense, and humor—with some retail infanticide thrown in on the side. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

I had told her about Sammy, making him sound like an old boyfriend in order to keep up with my cousin’s sophisticated life of seventh-grade romance. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

For two tributes to have a shot at winning, our "romance" must be so popular with the audience that condemning it would jeopardize the success of the Games. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I thought she was just romancing him, kindly playing to his mostly self-promoting immigrant lore, but later she’d showed Mitt, too, kneeling down beside him to watch the men and women busy in the street. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, right. I’m sure Teddy and Doug would love that. It’s a romance between a princess and a reporter.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

My illusions of our after-school romance are dissolving like vapor. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

This time I’m also certain I’m not misconstruing friendship for romance like I did with Sophia. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

I mean, I had planned to go downtown to the library and hang out reading romance novels to put me in the mood until it was time to meet N at Perk. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

There was romance in the unknown, but once a place had been discovered and cataloged and mapped, it was diminished, just another dusty fact in a book, sapped of mystery. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The only thing I was allowed to do on the Sabbath was read romance magazines. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As long as The Spread Eagle paid her a dollar a column for her ‘rubbish’, as she called it, Jo felt herself a woman of means, and spun her little romances diligently. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

It has nothing to do with passion or love or romance or any of those other notions we used to titillate ourselves with. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could tell by what she said that it wasn’t some temporary teen romance, but what else would you expect of Piper? How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They sat next to each other, Cora with a history or a romance, and Molly turning the pages of a fairy tale. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Our romance became a key strategy for our survival in the arena. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Our near romance started when one of my best friends, Rebecca, invited me to go to a weekend sleepaway camp with her youth group. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

He is a little luckless in romance at Truman. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

This is not the place for old men; this is the place for romance. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My love, my one and only, precious, precious . . .” Mother, monogamy, romance. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it wouldn’t do, what with the romance I was playing out in the arena, to have my best friend be Gale. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Tía just loves the idea of love and romance. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

“I think we should continue the current romance. A quick defection from Peeta could cause the audience to lose sympathy for her,” says Plutarch. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The impossible debt of paying back the vuvv for fake fifties romance—thousands. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“I should have kept you at our palace when we first met, my dear Piper. But soon we will go there again, together, and I shall romance you most incredibly.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sometimes parents loved their sons so much that they made a romance out of their lives. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“You are both wise and witty, Ophelia. Your words are saved and spent in good measure. Moreover, you are honest. I know you can be trusted not to gossip about my taste for romance.” Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

“Lemme romance the hell out of some focus groups. I’m in.” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The romance was advancing too quickly and with a degree of intimacy that violated all the intricate rules of courtship. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Rumors of the budding romance spread quickly through the ship. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

These days, Sylvia seemed to be the expert on everything from fashion to romance. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Her family thought it had more to do with a “romance gone wrong,” but the truth has been lost to time. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Maybe I don’t know anything about romance, but I know a little bit about beauty. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

She wouldn’t have minded if it was a romance or one of those books about a really awesome golden retriever that ends up dying at the end, but she minded that he wouldn't tell her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Jamie, you have as much romance in you as the wolf in Little Red Riding Hood.” From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed a life of impossible romance and freedom. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

Why am I thinking about romance with a boy I’ll never see again? The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

But I still want to know exactly why my sister gave up on her dream of writing romance novels. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

“They ain’t at the house. And this ain’t one of your romances. You go back there, you die or you get caught.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Chrissy wanted to start a gossip column called “Hot Stuff” about school romances—crushes, rumors, and who was going to be dumped. The Landry News 1999-12-01T00:00:00Z

When he came back with the beers and plastic cups, he poured hers with a flourish that, to her, was thick with romance. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The details had been less important to her than the tragic romance of it all. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

And then there were the proper films, the dramas, sweeping histories and heartbreaking romances. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“Hmm? Oh, you mean besides the tea? I often come here. I love the view, the food, the atmosphere—you can just smell the romance and heartbreak in the air, can’t you? Centuries of it.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

And, to be honest, I envy him a bit, with his wild romances. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

If she and Grandpa were romancing, it sure would put a crimp in things to have Jealousy Incarnate underfoot. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Her face was buried in a romance novel titled My General Forever, and a large snoring bulldog lay curled in a pile of wrinkled skin at her feet. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

He takes me to Mexico, as in drugstore romances. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

The jocks—excuse me—the student athletes, sit in front of the hearts to judge the new romances. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

Holly sat at the desk deep-reading another romance novel, My General Returns. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

The incident had occurred and was gone for me: it was an incident of no moment, no romance, no interest in a sense; yet it marked with change one single hour of a monotonous life. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Her romance with my grandfather came at the highest of costs. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Marguerite’s is a story well suited for a book of sad romance, I think, remembering how I used to relish such tales. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

She grabbed her keys from the corner table by the door, and a book that looked like one of those romance novels they sell in the supermarkets. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

And what a story of romance and daring he could have told, without straying from the truth! Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I think she wants me to share in her romance. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

For me, his romance wasn't quite such a positive, since it meant I now had to share my brother with someone else. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Her father nipped that romance by beating up the boy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their romance progressed at less than a snail’s pace. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

For laypersons in the twenties, physics was invested with an aura of drama, even romance. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“There isn’t any romance there!” she said, waving her hands in front of her like she did when she was making a speech in assembly. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, the USO was the scene of many a wartime romance. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Upon thinking of past loves, someone who approaches romance through the heart is likely to bemoan lost opportunities and conclude that he or she will never again love as deeply. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to recall all the romance movies we watched together. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

I’m hoping for a romance, or maybe a Western. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Or maybe they just wanted a few weeks alone to rekindle the romance. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

When it comes to romance, of course, we understand that. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

The boys at the post office say sick people like Theresa know there’s little time left and that makes them mad for love and romance and everything. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The frieze alone boasted a thousand sparrows so lifelike that real birds had been known to while away their lives romancing them in vain. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know much about romance,” I said. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Besides,” she says, “not every friendship turns into a romance. I haven’t tried to kiss you yet.” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Thank God for new houses and renewed romances. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He quite naturally and casually took a nip at her hand before proceeding toward romance. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was glad my incompetence in the romance department gave her a little break from her heartache. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

On campus, I developed a brief romance with a guy who was a tattoo artist named Xavier. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

He regarded the cover of her book, a romance about a Moorish boy who becomes the scourge of the Seven Seas. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“So, what may I help you find today, ma’am? We have murder mysteries, romance novels, how-to makeup books, how-to hair books,” she pauses, jerks out a smile, “rose gardening, home decorating—” “I’m just browsing, thanks.” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

If I’ve got some of his wise ideas jumbled up with my romance, so much the better for me. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mostly Peeta really, there's no question he's carrying this romance thing on his shoulders. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

Even if she was, there was no way a romance could happen between a black girl and a white boy. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

None of these women talk about any other kind of romance. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

She’d said, “What? Is it a romance or something?” and still he wouldn’t say. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

It was not a cartoon, not a romance, not a Western. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She was divorced, and she wrote romance novels. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen a Western that was also a romance. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

“I hate romance,” said Flora out loud to herself. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

I don’t feel about these boys the way girls do in true romance comic books. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"I'll think about it," says Tiny, but I know he can't possibly restrain himself from having another brief and failed romance. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

One sophomore story I wrote was a romance set in the Civil War South. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because he licked her father, instead of the other way around, this romance ended in the fireman marrying Sissy. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

While I learned the importance of virtue from Elnora's conduct books, Gertrude's romances held out the delights of love and the means to achieve them. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Mom’s only rule about books is no sex stuff, and no romance novels, which is fine. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

My only freedom was to swipe pennies from the store drawer and walk downtown with Dee-Dee to buy romance magazines like True Love and True Romance. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was, however, a bit of a double standard when it came to romance. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I pause in front of the romance section, where they have a dozen books wrapped in brown paper stamped “Blind Date with a Book.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It had been replaced by a nylon, light-weight flight jacket that was bled of glamour or romance. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It sounded like a lot of things; romance wasn’t any of them. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She was a figure of romance to them now, where before she had been too neat, too prissy; almost, somehow, too clean to be a real friend. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the arena, I’d played that romance angle for all it was worth. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The ladies in her mother’s romance novels put their hands on their bosoms and gasped. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

“I think she was surprised. And perhaps her feelings were hurt. She certainly didn’t express herself very well. Shocking, really, that a romance novelist could be so inept at the language of the heart.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

Could it be the two are rekindling their romance?’” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“I guess. But all those romances they feed us are wrong. They make us think it’s just supposed to be hearts and wind machines and boys who slay dragons for you.” Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Those romances always featured a love affair between a virginal white schoolteacher or preacher’s wife and a half-breed Indian warrior. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Woolf began coming in regularly, parking his Stetson on the table and pointing Greenberg’s nose in the Racing Form while he romanced her. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

At thirteen I was tall and large boned, with delusions of beauty and romance. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I thought about the women in novels I’d read and in the true romance magazines and on the soaps. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no evolutionary reason for them to ever invent romance. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

There are art books and romance novels and children's tales and thousands of rows I can't see. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

“A son! How sweet. Maternal love is such a delicious trait. So you don't want riches, or romance, but simply...your son?” Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The playful romance we had sustained in the cave has disappeared out in the open, under the hot sun, with the threat of Cato looming over us. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

I'm not really sure how to ramp up the romance. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

In Arles there is passion, too, but not romance. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

It would be tempting fate; it would be romance, bad luck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

My parents had a short and tragic romance. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

But there was no romance in the knee which forced my legs, nor in the rub of hairy skin on my chest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her first thought was to pick a young teenager's romance of the kind that is written for fifteen-year-old schoolgirls, but for some reason she found herself instinctively walking past that particular shelf. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

While the stories of adventure weren’t her favorite, and the detective stories were mostly confusing, the romance stories were exactly the kind of thing Ophie could delight in. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Wolf specialized in infiltrating the West German government, sometimes with "Romeo spies," who would strike up romances with unsuspecting single women—many of them secretaries to powerful generals and political figures. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

My romance with Martin Larsen suddenly has all kinds of possibilities. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She’d told me that she had taken a special interest in me, and she’d be making things hard for me in the romance department, just because she liked me. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

All his romances with mortals, including with my mom ... well, Amphitrite probably didn’t like that much. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Well, if it’s romance you want, don’t expect too much from our Feral.” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But none of the answers satisfied Hannah’s need for romance and a perfect story. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We spent too much time laughing for any serious romance to develop, but it was fun. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

For Ophie, who could now clearly see the ghost lurking beneath the skin of the girl, all of this was like reading a tragic pulp romance—just the kind she and Clara loved. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

“In the romance of it. Listen, Connor, I was just about your age when it all happened, so what should I know about romance?” Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s usually used in finance or pricing, not romance. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

It’s really hard to be happy for someone finding romance when I’ve clearly just taken a loss in the same department, but it’s Dylan. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I never thought I was his type, but ours was a "right in front of me the whole time" kind of romance. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

As I’ve told you, what I say is not what I feel, which is why I have a reputation for being boy-crazy as well as a flirt, a smart aleck and a reader of romances. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

They were comrades in a struggle, a new way for men and women to be together that did not necessarily have to do with romance. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Such leaps across boundaries were the stuff of daily romance. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Sort of. But arranged marriages are more about practicalities than romance. Compatibility, a long-term partnership. That sort of thing.” When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

"Good luck finding cities full of romance now. I hear they're all in ruins. But lots of people around here seem to be finding love." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

For my seventeen-year-old brother, romance was an entirely new experience and a wonderful diversion from the ghastliness of ghetto life. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

In fact, Travis had a respectable collection of steamy medieval romance novels under his bed. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

I am happy to report that in the war between reality and romance, reality is not the stronger. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I find her on her floor, cutting words out of books she’s collected from around the house, including some of Mom’s romance novels. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The breakup had happened months ago, but I didn’t blame Margo for failing to pay attention to the world of lower-caste romance. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

I knew better than to expect a Pretty in Pink romance, but I wasn’t going to lower my standards, either. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

It was a football romance and it was in Technicolor. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Like in all those cheesy romance movies that I low-key love. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

“We call Spanish a romance language, Kojo, because it, like Portuguese, French, Italian, and Romanian, originated from Latin, the language spoken in the western Roman Empire.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

What Adams called a romance was actually a melodrama. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Connor says, “What’s a pinball?” at the same time as I snort and say, “Really? You took her to the pinball museum? Is that your idea of romance now, Jack?” The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Nor did Meg miss any of the romance from the daily parting, when her husband followed up his kiss with the tender inquiry, “Shall I send some veal or mutton for dinner, darling?” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

Without any shame he would faithfully apply my mother’s sundry ointments each morning and each night, slowly working into his scalp the brightly tinted gobs without romance or fuss. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They used to tear the front cover off the hack issues of the romance magazines and sell them by the bundle for ten cents. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bob and I have seen many romance movies too. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

She imagined them floating above her in a comic-strip bubble; it was a comforting thing to have words “I hate romance” hanging over her head. Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t homey, but now that I viewed everything through the lens of our fast-moving romance, it felt like home. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My big romance of the year was a crush on my psychology teacher, Miss Hall. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“Now, Marmee, that is very cunning of you to turn our own stories against us, and give us a sermon instead of a romance!” cried Meg. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

But it’s a silly sort of romance, because of course I don’t want to go back to that life.” Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"It took all the romance out of it." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It’s not as if they had a courtship or romance. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

She’s at the other table, reading a romance novel and supervising. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

It had all the elements—romance, sadness, an allusion to the war, and faithful love. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes it has to do with her romances, but more often, with some beef she is in with the administration or some colleague. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

A lovely adventurous boy, thirty-eight years old and never to grow older, fond of adventure and romance and all the bright sparkles of youth. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look upon our life in hiding as an interesting adventure, full of danger and romance, and every privation as an amusing addition to my diary. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Booth’s passions included fine clothing, Southern honor, good manners, beautiful women, and the romance of lost causes. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

For all his love of the automobile, Howard was still attracted to the romance of frontier simplicity. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

Anyway, if somebody’s going to know about romance that makes no sense whatsoever, it will be him. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

And all those things they say in romance novels about how your heart beats faster and your knees get wobbly and the boy’s stubble against your chin is the most delicious sensation ever? From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, but she writes romances. It’s one of her publisher’s rules.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

There was no heartache on either side when their little romance ended a few months later. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

For Marfa’s mother It’s the music, The mariachis With their Guitar, trumpets, And the romance Of two violins. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the other thing is romance and adventure. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

He dated models and actresses and romanced his stunning American wife after standing behind her in line to use the phone at Heathrow Airport. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

She read romances and slept much of the day. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“It’s just a boring romance novel,” Tyler said. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

It was clear that this was not a thwarted romance or a quarrel with a friend, the usual cause for the weeping of young girls. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

“She’s laughing, Reggie! This friendship could turn into romance after all! It is a thing of beauty watching these two open up to each other!” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

In a musician’s work, you often hear a position or an effect or a big idea: humor, revision, argument, discipline, cynicism, romance. Celebrating Charles Gayle at the Vision Festival 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

Elegantly written and hilariously astute, this gloriously indelicate history suggests that women’s infatuation with evangelicalism has been a bad romance indeed. The Love Triangle That Caused a Religious Panic 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

Every romance novel is a kind of fantasy, whether it features an impossibly wealthy duke or a cute guy who knows how to talk about his feelings. In These Romance Novels, the Characters Are Sexy, Hot and Toting a Ton of Emotional Baggage 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z

Lawyers Kyle McCreary and Ruby Carter were together for a remarkable, passionate year before a series of misunderstandings ended their romance. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the month 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

“I’m more concerned with our social requirements beyond romance.” The Faces Behind Craigslist’s Strictly Platonic Personal Ads 2017-04-16T04:00:00Z

The electric stirrings we felt as young girls, reading best-friend adventures that we so desperately wished would rise into romance, emerge again seeing these two. “Euphoria” and the Flawed Art of Gen Z Prophesying 2019-06-16T04:00:00Z

The same goes for Fox Searchlight’s period romance Far From the Madding Crowd, which opened in May. Arthouse blues: why did indie films have such a terrible summer? 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z

This postcard-perfect Eastern Shore setting is the place for romance and relaxation. 2010-02-08T17:01:00Z

There is a certain romance that some academics, perhaps especially lifers like Hank, seem to have for other professions. When it comes to quiet quitting, "Lucky Hank" is the "Office Space" of academia 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z

Tuck also encourages and nurtures the teenager's romance with the wealthy Amanda. Gerald McRaney puts his heart into his role in 'The Best of Me' 2014-10-16T04:00:00Z

The plot and characters are not perfectly developed, either: melodramatic coincidence and schmaltzy romance periodically weaken the book. The Bathing Women by Tie Ning – review 2013-03-22T08:00:01Z

A heady mix of mythology, historical fiction and romance, Berry’s meticulously researched book spans two wars and two worlds. Review | The novel you’ll want to steal from your teen’s nightstand 2019-03-05T05:00:00Z

All at once, we were thoroughly invested in everything from the aggravating black sheep Francis and the long-suffering Verity to the romance of Ross and Demelza which, several commenters noted, left them “glowing.” 'Poldark' Episode 5 Recap: Heady vs. Grim 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z

But as rapturous as their Act I romance is, it was Wotan and Brünnhilde who stole the show for me. Ring cycle day two: I am hooked 2013-07-24T12:04:26Z

Unlikely as it seems, Mr. Organ’s play is more or less a romance, a more mannerly and somewhat less likely counterpart to the recent movie comedy “Obvious Child.” ‘Phoenix,’ Starring Julia Stiles, at the Cherry Lane Theater 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

The romance publisher Harlequin has even used PBR riders as cover models for a line of themed books. Why Hollywood Is Bullish on Bull Riding 0002-11-29T05:00:00Z

Combining the rich emotion of a traditional gothic romance with complex, modern characters, Peckham weaves a tale about a duke who needs an heir but falls for a botanist who has no interest in marriage. The 5 best romance novels of 2018 2018-11-13T05:00:00Z

The romance between the Mint Theater Company and the neglected Irish playwright Teresa Deevy is still going strong. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

Thanks to Joe’s twisted narration, there’s an occasional “Dexter” moment, too, and thanks to gentle hypnosis of swinging between budding romance and calculated foul play, there’s a “Gone Girl” vibe. Review: Lifetime’s ‘You’ Lets You Stalk the Stalker 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Worse is the sour taste left by the romance between Stanley and Sophie. ‘Magic in the Moonlight’: Another Woody Allen Odd Couple 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

We’ve rounded up some of our favorite hotels where romance and style are at the forefront. Romantic Getaways 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

In it, a romance leads Bannister down a dark trail into the past. New this week: ‘Nine Perfect Strangers,’ Lorde and ‘Annette’ 2021-08-16T04:00:00Z

The best way to sell people on a romance, Rizer said, is to sell its tropes. ‘I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy’: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

Those looking for romance are joining singles tours or — for company minus the come-ons — group tours open to all. Single for the Holidays 2012-11-02T18:54:45Z

The protagonist's dueling personalities make even romance tricky. In 'Drop Dead Diva,' a hit that she never imagined 2011-07-03T02:52:04Z

I don’t need to know much about superheroes to relate, because I do read two genres that are often seen as just as deplorable, ruinous and facile: romance and young adult. Simon Pegg has a Franzen moment: Book criticism needs a poptimist revolution to take down genre snobs 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

Tragic youthful romance is a tale as old as Romeo and Juliet, or at least Macaulay Culkin’s My Girl, but clearly, these movies are striking a chord. Going viral: why Hollywood is plagued by terminally ill teens 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

Photograph: Allstar/Cbs Tv The two doctors blew off steam between surgeries pulling pranks, romancing nurses and tormenting their tent-mate Frank Burns, always with an endless supply of booze and one-liners. Wayne Rogers, actor who played Trapper John in M.A.S.H., dies aged 82 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z

This means that She and He are forced to suffer the inconveniences of an office romance without the fun. Review: ‘Kinship’ Stars Cynthia Nixon as a Journalist 2015-07-21T04:00:00Z

The result, the 1965 musical romance "Having a Wild Weekend" — known as "Catch Us If You Can" in England — starring the red hot British pop group, impressed critics, including the New Yorker's powerful Pauline Kael. John Boorman catches up with alter ego in 'Queen & Country' 2015-02-28T05:00:00Z

UP, which described the movie as an uplifting romance, said Wednesday it welcomed the "inspirational" Harper as part of the project. Valerie Harper starts work on TV movie 2013-08-01T13:14:09Z

A study by two psychologists in New Zealand, Shreena Hira and Nickola Overall, found that when people tried to improve their relationships by changing their spouse, the romances actually got worse. What I learned about love during my years of reporting on weddings 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z

The simplicity of the romance does not diminish its uniqueness. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the month 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

William, who converted to Islam in the penitentiary, buys a used motorcycle, finds a job at a ranch and begins a romance. Review: In ‘Two Men in Town,’ a Parolee Is Hounded by a Cop 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Whether you want modern-day royalty, supernatural powers or just supernaturally competent women running the show, here are four new romances that will sweep you away. Four Delicious New Romance Novels 2019-05-28T04:00:00Z

Our movie switched genres, from a romance film to a gritty documentary. So many men are miserable jerks. I should know — I used to be one too 2019-02-02T05:00:00Z

I cherish many wines that manage to touch my soul, but they carry different messages, of romance or exaltation, fascination or calm togetherness. Finding Comfort in a Bottle of Familiar Wine 2020-03-28T04:00:00Z

And sometimes it’s a metaphor for the familial reaction to this play’s love that dare not speak its name: a May-December romance. Theater Review: ‘Middle of the Night,’ a Paddy Chayefsky Play 2014-02-28T21:32:21Z

It too features a large cast entangled in fraught romances and familial conflicts, depicted through intensely dramatic dance-theater. At La MaMa, a Dance Festival That Embraces States of Change 2023-04-25T04:00:00Z

He’s creating an escape room based on a romance anime he knows nothing about — but she knows plenty. The best romance novels of 2019 2019-11-21T05:00:00Z

A lot of Arthur’s movie-star life is recapitulated, particularly his romance with Miranda, a talented artist who seems to write unusually good comic books. Emily St. John Mandel’s ‘Station Eleven,’ a Flu Apocalypse 2014-10-30T04:00:00Z

With its breathless, loopy plot — as much a parody of 19th-century romance as an exemplar of it — “Galápagos Regained” reflects the endless, ever-evolving variety of life itself. James Morrow’s satiric novel ‘Galápagos Regained’ takes on Darwin and God 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z

No, it’s not Christmas, but that doesn’t mean it’s not a good time for another original romance film from The Hallmark Channel. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Amazing Jonathan Documentary’ and JoJo Siwa 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

The movie opened Radio City Music Hall in 1933 and was withdrawn after only eight days and a storm of protests over its pre-Code evocation of an interracial romance. On Video: Buster Keaton’s Talkie ‘Free and Easy’ Comes to DVD 2014-03-23T19:49:40Z

She had a romance with Jack Kerouac and, before meeting Mailer, was in a relationship with Edwin Fancher, who later founded The Village Voice with Mailer and Dan Wolf. Adele Mailer, Artist Who Married Norman Mailer, Dies at 90 2015-11-23T05:00:00Z

When “Unchained Melody,” also known as the music from the pottery wheel scene in “Ghost,” shows up in a movie, it’s clearly meant to evoke romance. The Summer of Platonic Love at the Movies 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z

Neither romance nor hostage drama nor political thriller, it never builds a head of steam. Review: In ‘Bel Canto,’ Music Is the Food of Love and Rebellion 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z

Through it all he hopes to maintain his anonymity, in part for the romance. Street ‘artist’ Hanksy: a punster plays social-media fame game 2014-02-16T00:00:55Z

Is there any reason — besides stale misogyny — to question the intelligence of romance authors and their fans? Perspective | Stop dissing romance novels already 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

There's knife crime, gangsters, and even a bit of romance thrown in for good measure. Cat Clarke's top 10 books with teens behaving badly 2011-04-04T08:53:17Z

But like it or not, romance novels sell, just not to film or television. For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

Instead of offering sympathy, the relatives mock her clothing and English malapropisms, pay scant attention to her fears about her European relatives’ fate and try to sabotage her budding romances. How Yiddish Scholars Are Rescuing Women’s Novels From Obscurity 2022-02-06T05:00:00Z

It was a revisionist western, an ecological fable, a post-Vietnam political allegory — a tale of romance, valor and revenge with traces of Homer, James Fenimore Cooper and “Star Trek” in its DNA. ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Review: Big Blue Marvel 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z

Each season also confirms our suspicion that the commodification of romance leads not to true love, but to cruelty and violence. The return of UnReal: can the new season restore the show to former glory? 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

Will they, as they do in romance fiction, win? Love Notes 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

New Year’s Eve is traditionally a night of anticipation, excitement and romance. On Love: Marisa Cattoi and Pat Casey 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Where are the romance, the adventure, and the fun that used to be in practically every movie made?” Star Wars Celebrates 35th Anniversary of First Film 2012-05-25T15:24:05Z

Peck assigned six soloists a series of knotty duets that spoke more strongly about body sculpture than romance, then shattered those sculptures gymnastically before his inventive canonic gambits culminated in a mass collapse. Hollywood Bowl show marks a breakthrough for homegrown L.A. dance troupes 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

At Holi, bonfires, upended gender roles and eruptions of pastel paints conjure a fantasy memory of the romance between the god Krishna and his beloved Radha. Vijay Iyer continues his pursuit in transforming jazz

In 1918, even Jack London penned one based on a romance called “Hearts of Three.” You’ve seen the new ‘Star Wars’ movie — should you read the book tie-in? 2015-12-20T05:00:00Z

Both of them are sleek high tenors who can always sound like they’re eager for romance; both also know what it’s like to sing answered by ecstatic screams. Romeo Santos and Justin Timberlake’s Team-Up, and 10 More New Songs 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z

Buck I was so surprised how many people were so upset that we had our character Debra realize that she had feelings of romance for her adopted brother. How to Make a TV Drama in the Twitter Age 2013-08-09T14:51:02Z

Star-crossed lovers shivering under furs in an epic romance against a backdrop of Russian revolution? I've never seen ... Doctor Zhivago 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z

He had a restless romance with abstract painting that sparked a perpetually evolving body of work, leading him to dubbed himself “The Mutator.” Ed Moses, 'Cool School' painter who helped forge L.A.'s art scene, dies at 91 2018-01-18T05:00:00Z

No season of "Downton" could air without the whirl of romance. Change is in the air at 'Downton Abbey' 2015-01-01T05:00:00Z

What's left out are the extremes: popular and so-called "genre" stories — romance, thriller, science fiction — and experimental, avant-garde stories. '100 Years of Best American Short Stories' is vital yet flawed for loading the canon 2015-10-09T04:00:00Z

Most of the songs on “Aperture” lean into pop’s eternal subject: uncertain romance. Hannah Jadagu Turns Small Moments Into Big Pop Songs 2023-05-16T04:00:00Z

They begin a romance that borders on the strange, then grows downright eerie when Jean begins to suspect that Simone is a serial killer. Review: She Hosts ‘Women Who Kill,’ and May Be in Love With One 2017-07-25T04:00:00Z

McQuiston’s best-selling “Red, White & Royal Blue” followed the unlikely romance between the son of a U.S. president and a British prince, as they juggled their ambitions and society’s expectations. 15 New Books Coming in June 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

"As a writer - and a romance novelist, no less - I've always found it a bit odd when characters in comic books remain in relationship limbo for years at a time," she said. Marvel Comics plans wedding for gay hero Northstar 2012-05-22T18:04:18Z

It was not “Strangers on a Train” — nothing so evil — nor was it “Brief Encounter,” that tear-jerker in which a grimy British railway station is virtually a character in the romance. Fashion Review: McQueen, Louis Vuitton and Miu Miu Bring Paris Shows to a Close 2012-03-08T00:21:03Z

I was only beginning to understand the insidious side of romance, how his recent notes and morning visits were less about wooing me than checking up on me, less about generosity than possession. When Chivalry Is More Control Than Care 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z

Some highly anticipated films include Universal Pictures' "Fifty Shades of Grey," an adaptation of the popular romance novel by E.L. Average movie ticket price rose to $8.17 in 2014 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

“It’s a romance where there’s nothing conventional about it, and there is a beautiful European melancholy to it,” Mr. Eustis said. ArtsBeat: Musical by David Byrne and Fatboy Slim Part of Next Public Theater Season 2012-04-09T18:58:36Z

The romance of space travel got hold of me—the men in cool-looking helmets and such. This Week in Fiction: Tom Hanks 2014-10-20T04:00:00Z

Advertisement This nature-as-language theme is his great takeaway, a kind of challenge not just to be captivated by the superficial romance of the outdoors but to practice “landscape literacy,” to understand its constituent parts. Swedish Islands Offer an Escape From Stockholm 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z

But no matter the age, our kids are being bombarded by images of romance, from television, radio—even the aisles of heart-shaped candy boxes at the drugstore. How to Help Your Kid Be a Good Valentine 2016-02-09T05:00:00Z

“Witch,” a 3-D fantasy romance produced by Bona Film Group, was released Thursday, just ahead of China’s Valentine’s Day, which was celebrated Saturday. 3-D fantasy romance steals Chinese filmgoers' hearts on Valentine's Day 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z

A youthful romance blooms when he asks her to marry him, and they pretend to be engaged. Movie Review: ?The Dish & the Spoon,? From Alison Bagnall 2012-02-09T22:43:43Z

As a romance, though, it demonstrates flat feet and balky rhythm. ‘Magic Mike’s Last Dance’ Review: Stripping Down to Bare Essentials 2023-02-08T05:00:00Z

The romance game can't always be swings and misses or else the show would have been depressing. "And Just Like That" the sex is back in the city, midlife edition 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z

These people navigate their feelings of permeating, heartbreaking guilt, but also their wellness routines, fickle romances, creaky joints, fading memories of civilian life, inane daydreams. In This Satire, Televised Blood Baths Offer Prisoners a Path to Freedom 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

As Rachel and Mason race to find a group of abducted teenage girls before they meet a terrifying end, their romance builds slowly and powerfully. The best romance for October by Maggie Shayne, Cara Connelly and Jennifer Ashley

It’s a romance in which two smart, impossibly attractive people fall in love. In Nida Manzoor’s World, Martial Arts and Jane Austen Belong in the Same Movie 2023-04-28T04:00:00Z

The romance between museum directors and the fashion world, though, is not without tensions. Museums Are Finding Room for Couturiers 2011-04-20T20:58:21Z

No serious romance will intrude on the brotherhood. Pixar’s Monsters University: When Hairy Met Scary 2013-06-13T18:12:17Z

However, they were often framed in the context of "women's films", romances and melodramas like Mildred Pierce, which earned its star Joan Crawford an Oscar in 1946. Hollywood heroines: Here to stay? 2012-08-13T23:36:37Z

But on “Maya” M.I.A. also descends to more standard hip-hop concerns: stardom, romance, dropping brand names and getting drunk. Critics? Choice: CDs by M.I.A. and Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse 2010-07-11T22:31:00Z

“Rescue Me” is a labor of love that isn’t blind to the romance of suffering, and Tommy is as traumatized by his ordeal and addicted to his righteousness as any combat veteran returning from overseas. The TV Watch: Still Fighting Fire With Fire to Honor the Fallen of 9/11 2011-07-12T21:24:39Z

Falling into an immediate and urgent romance with him felt like reinforcement that I was alive. Modern Love: Broken, Not Bound, by an Intimate Tie 2014-03-27T21:54:34Z

That part, just in terms of making it not read like a Fabio romance ... Sex and the single Mormon — the book 2013-07-24T22:08:14Z

And nowhere is that writ larger than in romance. How the Showrunner of Netflix’s ‘You’ Took Aim at Self-Righteous Male Feminists 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z

That history, lending romance to traditions of participatory democracy, was one reason Ms. Gang inclined toward cordwood masonry, along with the beauty and performance of the wood, which, unprocessed, retains and collects carbon. The Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership in Kalamazoo 2014-10-15T04:00:00Z

And a debut novel imagines a romance between two enslaved men in Civil War-era Mississippi. 13 New Books to Watch For in January 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z

The monster romance “The Shape of Water” took the top prize at the Producers Guild Awards on Saturday, an honor that often predicts the best picture winner at the Oscars. ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Producers Guild Award 2018-01-21T05:00:00Z

The result is a vibrant combination of romance, fantasy and detective story, unlike any of its predecessors. A fantastic leap – trans cinema's breakthrough moment 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

Q: When is a comedy about romance not a romantic comedy? Happy never after? The enduring appeal of the messy marriage movie 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

It was a night when the old truths were honored: a commitment to family, the treasure of romance, and, perhaps most important, the simple joy of mocking others. The hills are alive with the sound of a Bowl sing-along 2015-06-27T04:00:00Z

Wong makes the daring suggestion, a conclusion far too uncommon in western romance films, that breaking up can be its own gesture of devotion. Casablanca to Starship Troopers: the movie breakups that hit our writers hardest 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z

Food was a thread in the book, but so was friendship and romance. How Amanda Hesser changed the way we cook 2021-12-27T05:00:00Z

The authorized sequels, meanwhile, have tried, sometimes awkwardly, to update the book’s racial politics, while keeping the white-centered romance intact. The Long Battle Over ‘Gone With the Wind’ 2020-06-14T04:00:00Z

So what changed? Suffering for love may be part of the human condition, but is there something different about romance today that causes a new and distinct kind of pain? Our new era of hearbreak 2012-06-24T18:15:00Z

But romance never goes out of style, and if ever there were a time when we could use a laugh and a happy cry it's right now. John Patrick Shanley's 'Outside Mullingar' is just the thing for a happy cry 2015-11-19T05:00:00Z

The fourth episode stars Kate Micucci as a lonely music teacher whose romantic gamesmanship threatens the lyrical and luminous birth of actual romance. What to Stream This Weekend: The Third Season of Joe Swanberg’s “Easy” 2019-05-24T04:00:00Z

Their sweetly depicted romance is a whirlwind one, with the flamboyant, uncensored Rudy immediately drawing the reserved lawyer out of his shell. Review: 'Any Day' is beautifully etched drama 2012-12-12T15:16:08Z

The writers keep writing me really interesting things to play and ... romance and vendettas and power plays. Rainn Wilson and Friends band together to support Mona Foundation 2010-10-20T23:54:00Z

A story about the Obama's beginning romance is just what some like me, in the throes of missing them already, want to see. Review: In an Obama Biopic, the Audacity of Hagiography? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

Second, an author who I think is often dismissed for being a fluffy historical romance novelist – Mills & Boon for the Regency period – but is actually witty, sharp and funny: Georgette Heyer. Who are your favourite underrated writers? 2010-08-11T15:34:00Z

It is vital not to turn this perfectly aerated romance into farce. The Barber of Seville; Emerson Quartet – review 2013-03-03T00:06:19Z

The movie tells intertwining stories of a group of New Yorkers as they navigate their way through bittersweet drama and romance over the course of New Year's Eve. Sarah Jessica Parker joining "New Year's Eve" 2010-12-16T03:00:26Z

“There was always an anger and a romance in his work,” Mr. Bolton said. Special Report: Fashion: Lee McQueen: A Retrospective 2011-02-22T19:01:16Z

I initiate a conversation with every match I receive, but notice that potential friendships are not tended with the same energy as possible romances. We just clicked: why I set out to find a new group of friends online 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

And I do believe that romances deserve more respect than they’ve received in recent years. Has Hollywood Abandoned the Old-Fashioned Romance Movie? 2013-02-14T16:31:33Z

But their budding romance is interrupted by the spread of prejudice against Muslims following the September 11 attacks. 2010-02-12T20:06:00Z

The classic cliched romance: Dirty Dancing Dirty Dancing is an exquisite tapestry of film cliches. Joe Queenan's guide to romance cliches 2010-10-16T11:00:00Z

Much of the romance is stripped away from King Richard and, taking some historical liberties, the French attempt an invasion of the English mainland. Robin Hood's appeal tested again at Cannes 2010-05-12T01:41:00Z

In Learning to Drive, there is “no romance in a classical way”, Coixet said, and the lead character is a fiftysomething woman “because the world is full of them”. Ben Kingsley: why I now know that women make the best directors of men 2016-06-04T04:00:00Z

Hovering over all of it is the dark romance of capital: the elegance of numbers; the kinkiness of money; the deep, rotten, erotic allure of power. | 'Margin Call': ?Margin Call,? With Zachary Quinto - Review 2011-10-20T16:15:02Z

Harlequin, the world-famous publisher of romance novels, will operate as a separate unit within HarperCollins Publishers and remain headquartered in Toronto. News Corp. closes $416-million deal for romance publisher Harlequin 2014-08-01T04:00:00Z

According to NPR, it was part of a whole genre of “desert romance” stories that were popular at the time. Downton Abbey Recap: No Surprises 2014-02-03T03:01:28Z

Then there's this from My Romance: "My romance/ Doesn't need a castle rising/ In Spain/ Nor a dance/ To a constantly surprising/ Refrain." Stephen Sondheim: Gershwin great? It ain't necessarily so 2010-11-24T21:31:00Z

While the script focuses on the exceedingly plain romance at its center, it nevertheless illustrates ethical quandaries surrounding space-sex that major governing bodies will soon face. Moon Nazis and sex in space: what can we learn from movies set in 2018? 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z

With a playboy prince, a fake relationship and Alyssa’s excellent storytelling and character development, I know I’m in for a fantastic romance. What to read this summer? Ten authors weigh in with their picks. 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z

Iman Yasen, 22, was looking forward to seeing her first film in a Palestinian cinema, hoping for action, romance and horror. West Bank culture boost as Cinema Jenin rolls out red carpet 2010-08-05T17:24:00Z

Or, after a failed romance: “Men continue to be a waste of moisturiser.” Issy Wood Met Power Players in Art and Music. She Went Her Own Way. 2022-09-09T04:00:00Z

Le Pavillon's lobby captures all the romance of New Orleans with chandeliers the size of cars and lavish oil paintings. 2010-02-08T17:01:00Z

Naturally, she and Nathan develop an attraction, but it’s a romance complicated by a physical gap and the hierarchies of customer service. Life Is More Like a Simulation. On These Shows, So Is Death. 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z

Besides author panels on fantasy, thrillers, mystery, Northwest cooking, travel, nature, women's fiction, children's books and romance, a "Queens of Romance Tea" is promised, plus a Sept. Lit life: Authors set for Bookfest; hot nonfiction titles for summer 2012-08-03T21:19:07Z

But as a young fairy, Maleficent struck up a friendship with a boy, Stefan, that blossomed into a romance. MOVIE REVIEW: ‘Maleficent’ 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z

“Most romance novels are mass market and are priced at about $7.99 or $8.99, so the profit is very limited,” she says. Perspective | Stop dissing romance novels already 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

There are people who like action or romance or sci-fi and they have these niches. "The last thing we wanted to do was start a fire!": Peter Facinelli on his wildfire survival film 2023-09-29T04:00:00Z

It’s a stripped-down but luminous album developed over the course of a decade, one that ruminates on romance and human connection. Tirzah’s Genre-Less Pop Embraces the Beauty of Uncertainty 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z

The hotel ticks all of the romance boxes: nighttime stargazing, infinity hot pools overlooking the waves, couples massages, and aWine Spectator–lauded, candlelit restaurant. These Are the World's Most Romantic Hotels 2015-02-04T05:00:00Z

Doll breezily alternates among the voices of her likable characters as they move toward new discoveries, new romance and unexpected adventure. Young Adult Books That Plunge Into the Ecstasies, and Agonies, of Teenage Life 2018-10-12T04:00:00Z

The National stuck to its less cryptic songs: tales of crumbling romance and deep isolation that fight the stasis of the lyrics with insistent beats and surging buildups. ArtsBeat: Lollapalooza Chile: All About the Details 2011-04-04T00:48:21Z

But the affair is likely to be short-lived as the reality sets in that "Valentine's Day" is yet another Hollywood romantic comedy that's all but devoid of romance and laughs. 2010-02-07T22:04:00Z

She received an Academy Award nomination for the 1974 film “Claudine,” playing a single mother of six who finds romance in Harlem with a garbage man played by James Earl Jones. Diahann Carroll, Indelible Fixture of My Childhood 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z

In the movie’s predictable world, there’s little doubt that romance will spark between Cole and a nurse or that he’ll win back his roommate’s lost poker winnings. Movie Review: ‘Happy New Year,’ Directed by K. Lorrel Manning 2012-12-07T02:21:36Z

A character might be from Michigan by way of the Philippines, biracial by way of a mother’s romances, upwardly mobile by way of scholarship. Love’s Perils, Trauma’s Wounds: New Story Collections 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

It’s not just physical attraction that brings on that first brush of breathlessness in romance. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels to read this month 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z

Her music augmented the romance of the place until, you know, she was outed as a murderer. Like a good neighbor, Howard Morris is there for us on "Only Murders in the Building" 2023-08-16T04:00:00Z

The romance and divorce unfold in intercut scenes, making the former seem bittersweet and the latter all the more upsetting. "I didn't set out to be 'the indie guy'" 2011-01-09T00:16:00Z

"The Christmas Spirit" is a heartwarming homage to Hallmark's Yuletide flicks that implicitly addresses the critiques the channel sustained concerning years of insistently featuring white heterosexual romances at their center. "Ghosts" star Rose McIver on poking fun at the Christmas movie, cultural appropriation and all 2022-12-15T05:00:00Z

She’s written romances, a steamy psychological thriller, a ghost story, harrowing novels about domestic violence, drug abuse, homelessness and poverty. How Colleen Hoover Rose to Rule the Best-Seller List 2022-10-09T04:00:00Z

And in a calm tone, in colloquial language, she commenced a psychologically insightful, captivatingly clear version of a story that mixes warfare with romance as it hopscotches around the Mediterranean. Review: The Bard as Bedtime Story in ‘Table Top Shakespeare’ 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

And yet each episode is tightly, often ingeniously plotted; they range from sweet romance to urban satire to comedies of manners, and each delivers more depth of character than TV episodes three times as long. REVIEW: High Maintenance Deserves Its Buzz 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

In this world, where people are more likely to seek out romance or make new friendships with the assistance of an online service, “Friends” makes more sense than reality. Why millennials and Gen Z love "Friends" 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

Still, a part of me considered moving back a questionable revisiting of a youthful romance. My Rome: Still a Classic Beauty 2017-06-01T04:00:00Z

The romance is not part of the equation, because relations have changed, and they've changed because of changing times, and because of new technology. Sundance heats up with a slew of sex-themed films 2013-01-25T19:29:13Z

And the love story between Arlo and Lark is very tender . . . they're removed from all the violence that's going on in the world, and they can just have this kind of pure, tender romance. "You have to think about hope": Author Silas House on democracy's demise, climate refugees and dogs 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z

The "orchestra" might be just a few musicians, but the music they played would supply tension, romance, thrills and sound effects – and just possibly drown out the noisier members of the audience. Pianists play it again at the silent movies 2011-04-12T14:25:01Z

And two nihilists profit from failed romances in a Netflix comedy. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘At Home With Amy Sedaris’ and ‘The Breaker Upperers’ 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

Then there’s everything else: chaos, confusion, romance, excitement, alcohol and other substances! Why Patrick Stewart Loves Twitter 2015-08-20T04:00:00Z

“Heartbreak” has a fun pep, an admirable frankness, plenty of compelling slang and an inclination toward the gnarliness of friendship over the comparative simplicity of romance. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z

There's romance, there's adventure, there are world-class death scenes and there's definitely no sign of Shia LaBeouf getting chased about by some big ants in the jungle. Raiders of the Lost Ark: No 11 2010-10-19T10:44:00Z

It is in this space between them where Coster, who writes with unflinching romance, wills us to examine all the ways we come to unlove our beloveds, our families and ourselves. Two Families Are Brought Together by a Busing Initiative 2021-03-02T05:00:00Z

When he sets his sights on Iris, she has no idea that he’s been constructing in his imagination a whole diorama of their romance — a tableau he’ll pursue with alarming vigor. Review | ‘The Doll Factory’ is a guilty pleasure wrapped around a provocative history lesson 2019-08-05T04:00:00Z

His stone-cold emotional armor makes one wonder just what kind of "romance novels" Johnny is writing. Scott, James Cann go head-to-head in "Mercy" 2010-04-14T01:40:00Z

The Pearl Theater’s modest staging of “The Misanthrope,” a satire of polite society in which power plays and cruel gossip are the background to an unlikely romance, does not suffer from this crisis of confidence. | 'The Misanthrope': Pity Moli?re?s Poor Sap, Falling for All That He Despises 2011-01-24T22:09:08Z

In the episode "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife," Marge writes a romance novel, and Homer realizes he'll have to read it. 46 times 'To Kill a Mockingbird' echoed through pop culture 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z

He told me about a husband and wife who turned to V.A.S. to reignite their romance. If Your Life Were a Movie 2011-01-23T04:45:10Z

The collection includes thriller, satire, nonfiction, history and romance titles designed to be read from start to finish during routes that last from one and a half to close to 24 hours. In Transit Blog: Runway Best Sellers 2013-06-19T17:00:16Z

These ideas have drawn some derision and criticism that formal consent disrupts passion and romance. A Post-Cosby-Trial Question: Is the System Stacked Against Women? 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z

“But a lot of people who don’t really read romance I think would really enjoy this book.” Writer Paul Rudnick scores with a witty, regal romance novel 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z

The movie stars Jay Baruchel as a geek in an unlikely romance with a babe. `Alice' extends her No. 1 stay with $62 million 2010-03-15T00:31:00Z

My rate of matches in the friend setting is significantly lower than in the romance section. We just clicked: why I set out to find a new group of friends online 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z

It’s hard to think of a genre more explicitly associated with romance than the R&B and soul of the 1970s, with the lush arrangements and seductively slow tempos. 13 Pop, Rock and Jazz Concerts to Check Out in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z

“Fine Line” eases back on the angst, just a little, and focuses Styles’s attention on romance. Camila Cabello and Harry Styles, Teen-Pop Alumni, Think Bigger 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z

It seemed a fairytale romance, ideal fodder for the glossy fan magazines, as both were young, attractive, rich and pampered. Elizabeth Taylor obituary 2011-03-23T14:01:48Z

“Cowboys have been a perennial part of romance, in terms of romantic archetypes,” says Wendell. Galley Girl: Linda Lael Miller and the Rise of the Cowboy Romance Novel 2011-12-02T18:30:19Z

Like the British original, the American edition, which debuted in 2019, gathers a group of contestants on an island, where they’re expected to find romance. What’s on TV This Week: ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ and Shark Week 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z

For one thing, she's a romance novel author, and the show contains the same earmarks that enliven that genre, including lost love, thwarted ambition, rivalry and unrequited affection. How "Supernatural" reflects the American spirit and the monstrous darkness lurking underneath 2020-11-20T05:00:00Z

Instead, its 11 originals place a premium on hope, optimism and romance. For Jesse Dee, soul never out of style 2013-09-26T15:49:01Z

In practice, however, egg freezing pushes women to accept gendered expectations about romance and reproduction. The foul reign of the biological clock | Moira Weigel 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z

Mistaken identity, reunited families and losses restored are, of course, the stuff of Shakespearean romance. 'Bright Star' at the Ahmanson: Bluegrass, tears and a big, vacuous smile 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z

Maybe the future of romance will be dictated less by the strictures of coupling and conscious-uncoupling and more by the free exchange of love. Swiping right in the fertility doctor's office: On pursuing romance and single motherhood at once 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

He spent most of the decade as a leading man in films aiming at both humor and poignancy in their observations on romance, marriage, friendship, class and the meaningful life. George Segal, Veteran of Drama and TV Comedy, Is Dead at 87 2021-03-23T04:00:00Z

They lacked the aesthetic appeal and the romance of the vinyl LP and its gatefold sleeve. Audio cassettes: despite being "a bit rubbish," sales have doubled during the pandemic — here’s why 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z

After all, a lot of these stories are, at the heart, romances. Why we're putting the 'missing' sex scenes back into Charlotte Brontë 2012-07-17T14:30:04Z

“I wanted to read regular high school romance, without the paranormal stuff,” says the Welsh writer, now 23. How ‘The Kissing Booth’ went from a teenager’s passion project to a Netflix sensation 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

What unfolds from there is a sprawling tale of loyalty and sisterhood, with a good cold one easily supplanting bubbly as the beverage of romance. 50 States, 50 Love Stories 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

Ms. Jolie’s film, “In the Land of Blood and Honey,” depicts a fictional romance between a Bosnian Muslim woman and a Serbian officer, and is to open in the United States on Dec. 23. ArtsBeat Blog: Ahead of Its Release, Jolie's War Film Draws a Call for a Ban, and Praise 2011-12-13T14:30:24Z

"Flirty Dancing" in particular can be a joy to watch because the potential for romance plays out in the well-designed performances that give a sense of completion. From "Love Is Blind" to "The Circle," the new breed of reality TV reformulates how we connect 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z

Frank is that fixture of pulp romance, a Real Man who embodies a woman’s secret dreams of a dangerous but sensitive stud as handy in the bedroom and kitchen as he is in the garage. Movie Review: In ‘Labor Day,’ Josh Brolin Romances Kate Winslet 2014-01-30T23:07:17Z

That, my friends, is one wholesome bite of Member Berry pie, a romance between president and first lady served up as an amnesia-inducing sweet. Refuge in Reagan nostalgia: Underwhelming “Killing Reagan” longs for a mythical past 2016-10-15T04:00:00Z

As a virtuoso in navigating the fine line between passionate romance and sophisticated smut, Ms. Small preferred to describe herself simply as “a nice lady who lived in the country and wrote books.” Bertrice Small, 77, Writer of Risqué Romance Novels, Dies 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Min has an incipient romance with her, and hopes to marry her. How “Parasite” Falls Short of Greatness 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z

Sarah MacLean is a romance novelist and the host of Fated Mates, a romance novel podcast. Perspective | Technology is transforming our love lives — and our romance novels 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Even theatergoers familiar with this romance should read a summary beforehand; none is provided with the playbill. | 'Cymbeline': ‘Cymbeline’ Unfolds in a City Parking Lot 2013-07-15T19:28:19Z

Once they arrive at the school, a grim country fortress that has been vacated for Christmas, an unconvincing romance ignites between them. Movie Review: ‘The Awakening,’ With Rebecca Hall and Dominic West 2012-08-17T15:17:32Z

See what your employee handbook says about romance at work. Work Advice: After a breakup, breaking the news at the office 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z

Telling of his own heedless youthful romance, he seemed so emotionally blank that the story felt generic. Mike Daisey on Shakespeare and His Own Failings 2014-10-07T04:00:00Z

He’s concerned with the “romance of reading,” as he writes in the book, and those who “were loyal to their own sometimes twisted yet settled natures, modern in the old-fashioned sense.” “The erotics of books are alive and well”: Jonathan Galassi on his new novel — plus, Jennifer Weiner and why Jonathan Franzen is a feminist 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z

If "You People" attempted to live up to the romance half of its rom-com billing, that outcome may have been halfway palatable. Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

The events in Ferguson and later the quake in Napa make this "earthquake/romance" shockingly relevant. John Adams' 'Ceiling/Sky' remains earthbound 2014-08-25T04:00:00Z

WESTMINSTER, Md. — Nora Roberts' foundation is giving $100,000 to a college in Maryland and the school says it will offer an academic minor in romance literature and start a writing course in the genre. Writer Nora Roberts gives $100K to Md. college 2011-05-31T19:48:08Z

From around 1972, Hunter began writing songs that looked at his existence with a jaded candour, acknowledging the inevitability of failure, but somehow couching even his saddest observations in a kind of backhanded romance. Ian Hunter's diary of Mott the Hoople 2010-06-25T22:59:00Z

In those early romances heroines were virgins and heroes had a lot of sexual experience. Virgins and heroes: It took a while, but romance novels finally learned that no means no 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z

Now running a failing second-hand bookshop, she has sworn off romance, preferring “books to looks.” Another antidote to #OscarsSoWhite: The annual Black Star Film Fest starts this weekend 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

But before heading to Bologna, Italy, for a semester abroad that summer, Mr. McVicker put the brakes on their romance. Two Swimmers Take a Deep Breath Together 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z

While foregrounding the clandestine romance between the American nurse and the Ottoman lieutenant, the movie does not completely shy away from showing the suffering of the Armenians, particularly in one crucial scene involving Turkish soldiers. Hollywood takes on a tragedy of history — in films from opposing viewpoints 2017-03-16T04:00:00Z

His closest relationships are always with men; his heterosexual romances inevitably flop, and are often revealed as just a social front. Batman can't come out as gay – his character relies on him being in denial 2012-05-28T10:30:01Z

As it happens, Irwin’s first book, “Still She Wished for Company,” blends the historical and the supernatural in one of the pioneering works of paranormal or time-slip romance. Review | First published in 1924, ‘Still She Wished for Company’ makes for a delicious, if bittersweet, Valentine’s Day treat 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

“Phantom Thread,” Paul Thomas Anderson’s period romance about an obsessive dressmaker, won for costume design. ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Best Picture as Oscars Project Diversity 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

The commitment issues stemming from other relationships would present red flags and undermine the success of your own romance. Ask Amy: Religious differences might be relationship red herring 2016-08-01T04:00:00Z

The minor key romance “Alone Together” is a modest affair, which credibly depicts the kinds of conversations about relationships that many people were confronted with during the early days of the pandemic. ‘Alone Together’ Review: Finding Love in a Pandemic Retreat 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

I was delighted to find that my feminism — and basic critical thinking skills — hadn’t entirely inured me to romance. Will you marry me — once you’re done peeing? 2013-05-19T01:00:00Z

The seeds for "Up Here" were planted at the place where the couple's own romance began: the BMI Lehman Engel Musical Theatre Workshop, a New York training program that both attended in 1998. 'Frozen' songwriters unveil 'Up Here,' the musical they couldn't let go 2015-07-31T04:00:00Z

The novel borrows from Gothic romance, in its pairing of the human and the alluringly, dangerously not. Sayaka Murata’s Eerie “Convenience Store Woman” Is a Love Story Between a Misfit and a Store 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

Reviews of Ferrante’s work note how liberally her work borrows elements of the romance and the potboiler: the unapologetic melodrama, the cliffhangers. Elena Ferrante’s New Novel Is a Suspenseful Story About the Sins of Parents 2020-08-25T04:00:00Z

She rises from her desk, strides over to her male companion and, in a few succinct sentences, puts an end to their yearslong romance. Helen Mirren Plays Catherine II in the Years That Made Her ‘the Great’ 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

“It’s based on a real-life romance that I had. I was actually just talking with my ex this morning, and they’re coming to the premiere here in Chicago,” she explains. Abby McEnany: 'When guys dream of lesbians, they're not thinking of me' 2019-12-04T05:00:00Z

Even during moments of romance, in Mr. Adams’s hazy, shimmering music, the lovers sound as if they were mere mouthpieces, singing past each other. Review: John Adams Mines Gold Rush History for His New Opera 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

There are certainly harsh stories and topical themes, but in both the main slate and the documentary sidebar there is ample room for romance, adventure, art and fun. Wonders in a Grim World: The New York Film Festival’s Best Trick 2017-10-03T04:00:00Z

LGBTQ+ representation in film has been at an all-time high in recent years but lately, there's been an uptick in queer-centric comedies and romances. From “Bottoms” to “Booksmart” and “Fire Island,” Queer cinema deserves to be silly and fun again 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z

But, hey, if this were a 1930s Hollywood romance, wouldn't we root for the Katharine Hepburn and Paul Robeson characters to get together? 1920s Montana comes to life in Book-It's 'Prairie Nocturne' 2012-02-17T18:44:05Z

But Gerry's lament is drawn from a cask of finely aged romance no twenty- or thirtysomething could possibly access, a heretofore unknown cocktail on this show. Here for the right reasons: Why "The Golden Bachelor" is already our favorite edition 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z

So when Amy and Tom get together at the office party they soon find that conducting an office romance is harder than it seems, particularly when you haven't got over your childhood sweetheart. This week's new theatre 2010-08-06T23:05:00Z

If slow-burn romances, well-paced plots and historical fiction set somewhere other than the West interest you, this book might just be your new favorite read. 6 Unforgettable Y.A. Thrillers to Add to Your Reading List 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z

And while Valentine’s Day is about romance—there’s nothing more romantic than the epic kiss that wraps up a will-they-won’t-they plot line—it’s also about love. We Ranked 20 of TV's Favorite Couples by Compatibility 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

They say the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach—and nothing says romance like crabby snacks and homemades. Did the researchers overlook any other ice-breaking gems from newer movies? What’s the Best Pick-Up Line in Cinema History? 2013-02-21T17:33:32Z

“Because he was raised on the same great literature and great movies and great romances that we all were.” The Women Behind ‘You’ on Creating This Fall’s Darkest, and Most Timely, Romance 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

“In Vino Duplicitas” is a cautionary tale of how we can let the romance of wine get the better of us. The stuff of the best 2017 wine reads: Everyman advice, a con man, a legendary region 2017-11-24T05:00:00Z

Both meaningful and scandalous, “The Narrows” is the story of a doomed interracial romance that proves that passion and prejudice are not mutually exclusive. Tayari Jones: In Praise of Ann Petry 2018-11-10T05:00:00Z

In the ultimate sign of burgeoning Date Lab romance, both asked about what the other said in their interviews. The 16-year age difference wasn’t a problem for this setup 2018-12-21T05:00:00Z

As a result, we both left disappointed: him, without sweet romance; me, without employment. Are my dating habits too 'old fashioned' for Tinder? 2015-09-17T04:00:00Z

These stories of how a romance died and how a career was born seem at cross-purposes in their definitions of darkness. What Tom Petty's "Straight Into Darkness" teaches us about uncertainty 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z

So they cut short the Fantasy Suite show and rolled it into the finale, which, frankly, makes the finale feel rushed and lose some of its romance. The Bachelorette Recap: Who Did Rachel Choose? 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

The emotional lightning of two in-house romances simultaneously crumbling, which sparked the fire in “Rumours” songs like “Dreams,” “Go Your Own Way,” “The Chain,” “Never Going Back Again” and “Gold Dust Woman,” couldn’t strike twice. The genius of “Tusk”: Fleetwood Mac could have followed “Rumours” with more of the same — but they made this visionary masterpiece instead 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

"Twilight" will never be confused for a horror film; it's a story about eternal romance. When did movie monsters get so sexy? 2011-03-11T18:01:00Z

For 15 years, the Sunday New York Times has been a home for stories of unexpected romance, second chances, and bittersweet breakups in the form of its wildly popular “Modern Love” column. The real-life “Modern Love” author whose love life Amazon dramatized speaks out 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z

With nary a pause, he rolls through the details of characters’ yearslong arcs, including every stolen identity, forbidden romance and vicious backstabbing — literal and figurative. Michael R. Jackson on the Soap Opera Origins of ‘White Girl in Danger’ 2023-03-31T04:00:00Z

The next chapter of Ms. Ward and Mr. Rupp’s romance was spurred not by a horse, but an opossum. Bling Bling Had the Rings, the Pilot Her Heart 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z

Despite Mr. Ganio’s lovely dancing, Mr. Pech’s flashes of brilliance in his Rothbart solo, and the beautifully disciplined corps de ballet, this was a “Swan Lake” of little romance or atmosphere. Dance Review: Paris Opera Ballet Leaps Across the Centuries 2010-12-23T12:30:02Z

Mr. Osborne’s drama about the tempestuous romance between the working-class Jimmy and the genteel Alison caused a sensation when it made its debut at the Royal Court Theater in 1956. Theater Review: ?Look Back in Anger,? Starring Matthew Rhys 2012-02-03T03:03:00Z

A budding intellectual, Lexie ponders how romance aligns with the theory of probability: Her graph of the relevant variables, in a notebook, displays her mother’s dating failures in brutal plunging lines. Review | ‘Sooner/Later’ weaves rom-com premise into bittersweet family portrait 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

Those lessons were further refined as she endured new challenges — the heartbreak of failed romances, the divorce from Murray. ’90s folk superstar Jewel is happy — finally. Now she wants to know: Are you? 2018-01-17T05:00:00Z

Would that someone would write a contemporary romance where everyone is in hot pursuit of a widow over 50. Love is All You Need: A Rom-Com for Adults 2013-05-03T03:30:41Z

The second is an adventure fantasy with a smidgeon of romance, great hordes of vampires and werewolves and, of course, plenty of swordplay. What's the story behind genre fiction's covers? 2011-01-19T09:00:02Z

These are good reasons for anyone to go slowly with a new romance. How Do I Tell My Mother to Stop Dumping Her Problems on Me? 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

Julu’s love, Raphael, is thousands of miles away, and they share a long-distance romance. We set up a video camera and asked people to tell us their love stories 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z

A lot of my experimental work is very difficult for my sister to read — she reads more mainstream writing — and I wanted to write a Harlequin romance for my sister since she’s so supportive. At home in exile: Vi Khi Nao on her experimental novel 'Fish in Exile' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

Mills and Boon Limited, the publishers, sell about 5.5 million romances a year at home and abroad; their US licensees sell 15 million Mills and Boon titles. From the archive, 26 January 1971: Romantic novelists and public libraries 2013-01-26T00:05:02Z

Yet the previous year, ads for heterosexual S&M “romance” Fifty Shades of Grey made their way to the small screen unscathed. Call me by the wrong name: how studios are still trying to straight-wash gay films 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

American composer Charles Wuorinen saw the operatic potential of the doomed romance between two Wyoming sheep herders, however, and asked Proulx to write the libretto. Brokeback Mountain opera gives voice to frustrated cowboy love 2014-01-27T16:36:01Z

This moment isn’t about romance, it’s about abuse. Abuse isn't romantic. So why the panic that feminists are killing eros? | Jessica Valenti 2018-01-12T05:00:00Z

As a sluggish waltz eventually lurches into 4/4, she sings about trying to admit the end of a romance; the track suggests how hard it is to break away. The Playlist: Sade’s Haunting Lullaby, and 11 More New Songs 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z

Their romance adds another layer to this moving narrative. A memoir of growing up on the farm that advised the White House’s Kitchen Garden

Torres sings about struggling for and against the Baptist faith she grew up in, about the bonds and tensions of friends and family, about isolation and about something like romance. Review: Torres’s New Album, ‘Sprinter,’ Shows an Artist Opening Up 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z

There are quick, clever scenes of play, romance and a wedding in “The Outset,” and the light, simple dresses by Judy Hansen echo the overall charm. Review | Washington Ballet’s ‘Three World Premieres’: Raw energy, big risks 2018-03-16T04:00:00Z

Yes, the romance is implausible, but at least Kelly McGillis’s character has a brain. Who’s Your Wingman Now? Pushing the Envelope With ‘Top Gun’ 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

In “Conference: Parts I and II,” Collins uses an ingenious format to bring back romance from the time of civil-rights struggles, starting with an incantatory series of dialogue fragments with an activist named Charlie Jones: “Whatever Happened to Interracial Love?”: Kathleen Collins’s Revelatory Short Stories 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

Holmes filed for divorce less than two weeks ago, putting an end to the romance that began in 2005. Cruise and Holmes avoid court 2012-07-10T06:15:00Z

And while women are hungry for comforting slice-of-life dramas full of romance, they also just want to see programming that is made for them by women like them. Understanding the relatively unsexy allure of Netflix's "Virgin River" comes down to one thing 2021-07-17T04:00:00Z

We were never purist and robotic, and there was a certain romance in our melodies. How we made: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark on Enola Gay 2013-01-07T18:55:00Z

Mr. Richards’s 2010 autobiography, “Life,” topped The New York Times’s best-seller list — and deserved to, with its frank and kaleidoscopic mingling of music lore, drug chronicles, romance, strife, loyalty, score-settling and improbable survival. Pop: The Rolling Stones at 50 Prepare to Tour 2012-11-08T16:00:00Z

The making of “Sabrina” involved a pitched battle between the director Billy Wilder and the writer Ernest Lehman about whether the romance between Hepburn’s character and Humphrey Bogart’s would be consummated. Books of The Times: ?Fifth Avenue, 5 A.M.? by Sam Wasson 2010-06-13T22:07:00Z

Be aware: This is not some frothy romance about Henry and Anne; heretics burn, and cruelty is laid bare. What our writers love this week 2011-05-25T21:53:04Z

“Number of past romances” is but one data point of an unknowable number of them that will affect your course. Carolyn Hax: Newlywed is a senior, but he’s still feeling insecure 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z

Lakeside is primed for romance of a certain ilk. Lakeside Bistro draws South End diners with its Vietnamese inspired cuisine 2010-03-18T20:53:00Z

At least one romance author was looking toward a brighter new year. Controversy hits Romance Writers of America this holiday 2019-12-27T05:00:00Z

It's filled with action, adventure, a touch of romance, fantasy, Greek and some Roman mythology, and, well ... more action. Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero by Rick Riordan ? review 2011-03-27T10:00:01Z

But her own career indicates the staying power of a good romance: A Twitter frenzy was unleashed earlier this fall when a fake “Love and Basketball 2” poster turned up online. ‘Love and Basketball’ director explores love and music 2014-11-07T05:00:00Z

As an English professor, you surely know the thrills of classic romance narratives — triangles, stolen moments and ill-advised liaisons, among other sublime pleasures — in books like “Women in Love,” by D.H. Dear Match Book: Forbidden Love 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z

Meanwhile, with lighter elements of romance and stardom, Lydia sent in a superb review of Audrey, Wait! Reader reviews roundup 2013-04-26T08:05:00Z

The White Boyfriend offers a compelling opportunity to reconsider and rewrite classic and racist tropes within interracial romances. Writing the White Boyfriend: How today's love stories are revising interracial romance tropes 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

Although adjusting from friendship to romance was sometimes awkward, they enjoyed new, simple discoveries over the summer, such as learning each other’s favorite TV shows and morning cereal. Perspective | For 22 years, they were best friends. Then a phone call turned it into romance. 2017-07-06T04:00:00Z

It was idea of Italy in poetry, romance and national prejudice that echoed through the paintings, determining how they were seen, criticised and praised. Saints and sinners 2010-09-24T23:06:00Z

The correspondence is distinguished by its sly philosophic humour and mandarin diversity of interests, ranging from the chivalric romances of Charlemagne to French structuralist theory. Italo Calvino: Letters, 1941-1985 – review 2013-05-29T13:42:12Z

And in the best romances, heroines are survivors — eager for their happily-ever-after but willing and able to stand alone as they wait for their perfect match. March’s best romance: ‘Chase Me,’ The Deal’ and ‘It Started With a Scandal’ 2015-03-31T04:00:00Z

As a big lover girl, it helped that the whole book literally bled romance and Black joy and excellence. Readers Share Their Favorite Books of 2022 2022-12-24T05:00:00Z

“He always conceived of it as a romance, but definitely over the course of the film, it got more and more focused on the relationship and less and less on the world,” Mr. Butler said. The Carpetbagger: Arcade Fire Gets Inside Spike Jonze’s Brain 2014-02-11T18:30:57Z

I have had to provide both things, the romance and the rules. I got pregnant by mistake. Was I ready for single motherhood? 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Somehow a digital file doesn’t have the romance of a film reel. Movies: A Season of Movies About Movies 2011-12-04T03:43:05Z

His business guy character wended his way through romances, deaths of loved ones and other daytime travails that descended into alcoholism before going into rehab. Kristoff St. John’s last soap episode airs Wednesday 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

The spirit of romance infused their curtain call, too, as the gallant Shklyarov laid his bouquet in his partner’s arms. Mariinsky Ballet’s ‘Rite of Spring’ at Kennedy Center is authentically Russian 2015-01-28T05:00:00Z

Your romance includes a combination of 100 text messages and photos, ten voicemail messages, and even one old-school, handwritten note. Finding The Perfect Boyfriend: Technology In The Cat Lady Economy 2015-01-25T05:00:00Z

“Amiable” is a different story, though, rife with political intrigue, romance, seedy nightclubs and scenes of black intellectual and artistic life in Harlem during the Great Depression. Harlem Renaissance Novel by Claude McKay Is Discovered 2012-09-14T22:57:55Z

Basic piano chords underline Lorde’s sincerity in “Liability,” which hints at David Bowie ballads like “Life on Mars?” as she explains how her romances end with her partners deciding, “You’re a little much for me.” Lorde Learns She Can’t Party Away Her Melancholy on ‘Melodrama’ 2017-06-16T04:00:00Z

But with “Selfie,” here was an Asian man who was a main character, who was on the fast track to romance with the female lead, Karen Gillan’s Eliza, before the show was cancelled. Asian guys get to be sexy, too: Finally, TV gives me the romantic leads I’ve been waiting for 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z

Mortality constantly shadowed thoughts of romance, while lust persisted as a sign of life. Music Review: Bob Dylan and Wilco Set the Warm and Familiar Askew 2013-07-28T05:36:13Z

I’m scared I will continue this cycle of infatuation, romance and break-up until I’m too old, and only then will I finally settle for someone. I dump my girlfriends after 18 months. What am I so scared of? | Dear Mariella 2018-04-08T04:00:00Z

These companies recognize the need to combine sleek no-nonsense design, smart functionality and Instagram-worthy branding that taps the romance long associated with travel. More Than Just a Suitcase 2016-11-26T05:00:00Z

The book is the second in a trilogy of young adult Italian romance novels that have sold 10 million copies globally, but they are only now being published in English. His Books Inspired Lovestruck Teens to Put Locks on Bridges 2021-03-01T05:00:00Z

This is all in black and white now, like a wartime romance. The Tourist: Is it a comedy? A thriller? Even the stars are confused 2010-09-22T12:58:00Z

This time, the romance will be told not from Anastasia Steele's perspective, but from Christian Gray's. How hard is it to get your hands on 'Grey'? 2015-06-17T04:00:00Z

But this show was far from angry or aggressive — rather a sweet take on tailoring with a 1980s rocker vibe, a modern energy and an unexpected feel for romance. Fashion Review: Comme des Gar?ons and Dries Van Noten Offer a Hint of Victoriana 2012-01-20T18:50:37Z

Graham fills out the story — on a stage piled mountain-high by designer Bunny Christie with the detritus of a scruffy newsroom — with tidbits about the romance of the business. Review | Rupert Murdoch’s tabloid world is brought to the stage in the engrossing ‘Ink’ 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z

And maybe most refreshingly, even as the show gave Pam and Jim a genuine, stirring romance, it also occasionally reminded you that their coworkers thought the lovebirds could be kind of irritating. Six Ways The Office Mattered 2013-05-16T09:45:58Z

Veteran Seattle writer Boyle offers a historical romance novel that blends mystery and danger in the 19th century, with a dashing hero and an equally strong heroine. Pastoral poems and prayers at nightfall 2014-01-17T23:09:40Z

Jones views the romance as refreshing because the intense woman she plays has a "ferocious will" and takes an active role in pursuing the relationship, in contrast to the man who is more passive. Brits shine 2011-01-31T15:55:26Z

Please come here—and bring Gendry, so he can forge things, including your continued romance. “Game of Thrones” Season 8 Finale Recap: The Iron Throne 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z

With splendid breadth and depth, the novel treats readers to an era’s worth of historical reverberations, from romance to women’s suffrage to psychics to quantum mechanics. Notable fiction books of 2015 2015-11-18T05:00:00Z

The Lone Star state ranked 4th in romance and fun, and tied with New York for the most restaurants and movie theaters per capita. Best and worst states for singles going into 2021: Survey 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

‘The Tempest’ The magic at work in Michael Greif’s production of Shakespeare’s valedictory romance is of a gentle order. Theater Listings for June 26-July 2 2015-06-25T04:00:00Z

"What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?" is a magical, realistic romance. "What Do We See When We Look at the Sky?" director counters a curse using cinema as "modern magic" 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

Now, two years out, he’s dabbled in Tinder and other apps but is hardly an old hand at romance. Date Lab: There was no spark. Still, they persisted. 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z

In “Misery,” a 1990 film based on a Stephen King novel, a romance writer is held captive and tortured by a demented fan. ‘Big Driver,’ a Stephen King Story, Comes to Lifetime 2014-10-17T04:00:00Z

At the back of Liselle’s mind is Selena, a college girlfriend whose life veered in a sorrowful direction after their romance ended. This Novel Nods to Virginia Woolf While Staring Down Modern Class Lines 2021-10-19T04:00:00Z

Granted, the worst of times are when we most acutely need wishes, hopes and romance. Netflix's "Marriage or Mortgage" invites us to look back at a time when bad decisions were a luxury 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z

Few musical forms are looser than the serenade, variously associated with the outdoors, with night and with romance. Music Review: Chamber Music Society Presents Serenades 2012-09-26T22:11:42Z

We're in an odd time of people who don't need accommodations finding romance in them. The Super Bowl deaf performers were standouts, but were forgotten as an audience 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z

And who’s going to argue with a movie about food, romance and family? The American Latino Experience: 20 Essential Films Since 2000 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z

DuVernay has pointed out in interviews and press events for the series that depictions of black love and romance – that, and nothing but – are too rare on television, and she's right. Romancing the music: "High Fidelity" and "Cherish the Day" find affection in their art 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z

An air of old-world romance similarly defines the structure’s exterior—embellished with green shutters and rustic pediments. Extraordinary Homes for Sale Around the World 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

The film is well-acted, at times boasts striking cinematography, and finds surprisingly tender moments in a subplot about Song’s curious romance with an old classmate. ‘Back to the Wharf’ Review: Ghosts of the Past 2023-01-17T05:00:00Z

He especially won your heart, though, during the tender scenes, as when the delusional Hoffmann romances the mechanical doll Olympia, thinking her a captivating young woman. Review: ‘Les Contes d’Hoffmann’ at the Metropolitan Opera 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

For a short while, the movie drifts along agreeably as Nick and Mae’s gauzy romance heats up, and then Joy shifts gears, flexing her action-genre muscles with violence and rampaging villains. ‘Reminiscence’ Review: Out of the Past, Into the Future (and Back) 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

Queen's Gambit, Fremantle's debut novel, is a historical romance based on the career of Henry's last wife, Katherine Parr, who uniquely survived to become queen dowager. Queen's Gambit by Elizabeth Fremantle – review 2013-04-06T10:00:01Z

When Sam learns that Harry has come out, a potential romance is possible. What to watch this weekend: ‘Duncanville’ premieres on Fox 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

But the romance — every dying McDaniel heroine seems to have an incredibly perfect boyfriend sitting by her sickbed — was the real draw. Lurlene McDaniel has made a career of making people cry 2018-08-09T04:00:00Z

The show is a remarkably deft adaptation, by the hyper-creative Malloy, of a segment of “War and Peace” suffused with romance and heartbreak. Natasha, Pierre, Imelda Marcos and you: Immersive new Off-Broadway musicals 2013-07-11T19:25:59Z

Alongside these and the other thrillers, Patterson's oeuvre is expanding at the rate of 10 books a year and also takes in romance stories and, increasingly, books for young adults. James Patterson: a life in writing 2013-05-11T08:02:02Z

No wedding dates or details of the engagement were released, in line with couple's low-key romance and few public appearances together. Keira Knightley engaged to British rocker boyfriend 2012-05-25T21:17:02Z

Seattle singer-dancer Mark Siano — smoothie, hunk, self-deprecating clown — brings "Modern Luv," his musical sendup of romance in the Internet era, back to the Triple Door this week before taking it to New York. What our writers love this week 2012-03-07T22:20:11Z

If Palmyra inspired European fantasies about the “romance” of Arabia, 20th- and 21st-century Syrian mythology about the city has been of a much darker hue. Stones that speak 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

This week it's A World Between Us by Lydia Syson, an exciting tale of friendship and romance set during the Spanish civil war. Children's fiction prize book club: A World Between Us by Lydia Syson 2013-06-24T11:22:00Z

Their onstage romance is full of kinky, S&M touches. Hannah Arendt and Walter Benjamin Don’t Talk. They Sing. 2018-06-24T04:00:00Z

Characters find it hard to take romance seriously, and attraction between men and women tends to be "immediately acted upon in a physical manner". Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z

The poetry roundup joins our current monthly columns on children’s books, romance, memoirs, and science fiction and fantasy. A great poet, even without James Franco’s endorsement 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Lee filmed his first role in Terence Young's Gothic romance Corridor of Mirrors in 1947, the year before Bafta founded its awards ceremony. Christopher Lee to receive Bafta special fellowship award 2011-02-11T15:38:28Z

Perhaps it was a visions of 21st-century romance, still proceeding as our many devices ping and buzz with other things to notice. SXSW Music 2015: Sometimes a Band's Equipment Can Make You Stick Around 2015-03-20T04:00:00Z

But mostly, like Joachim Trier’s radiant, beloved “The Worst Person in the World,” Cannes 2021 was, for me, a lovely, imperfect romance. Falling Back in Love With Cannes 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z

Perhaps then the two can confirm whether romance is in the cards. Date Lab: They were both animated about astrology. Would their stars align? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Hobbyist message boards are infused with romance, including accounts of candlelit dates, feelings of love and the occasional marriage. What I learned about male desire in a sex doll factory 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z

Where Browning looked at love fondly, Beasley presents romance and desire as challenging, sometimes dangerous and fraught with emotional distance. The three best poetry books for June 2015-06-09T04:00:00Z

As Daniel pursues his ambitions in romance and illegal commerce — complicated by Hunter’s being McKayla’s estranged brother, and still protective of her — the movie also nods to other directors. Review: ‘Hot Summer Nights’ Is Trite, Sexist Opportunism 2018-07-26T04:00:00Z

Meanwhile, romance is increasingly subject to the logic of the marketplace: we’re more inclined than ever to treat dates as job interviews. No sex, please, we’re colleagues – the new rules of office romance 2020-02-01T05:00:00Z

When he offers romance, it’s usually with a morbid streak. Review: Hozier at Beacon Theater With Somber Songs of Love and Other Futilities 2015-03-08T05:00:00Z

To complement Christopher Bailey’s collection, which was inspired by the romance of the early 20th-century circle of British writers and artists known as the Bloomsbury Group, Rowe mixed Burberry Fresh Glow Fluid in two colors . | Burberry’s Bloomsbury Chic 2014-02-19T00:00:08Z

Selinger rattled off the stereotypes that dog romance like this: “It’s fluffy. It’s sentimental, it’s trivial. It’s it deals with emotions and not ideas. It doesn’t stand up to close reading. It doesn’t challenge you.” For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

Musicals, Westerns and the dead-serious romance have all flourished, then nearly perished. Captain America: Been There, Saved That 2011-07-22T19:45:00Z

My memories of those months are a softly lit montage of romance and adventure. I fall for strangers: I thought my fantasies made me writerly and special — it took decades to see how they were ruining my life 2016-04-03T04:00:00Z

Anyway, Andrea Arnold's "Wuthering Heights" is neither sunny nor cheery or romantic -- in other words, it's wonderfully true to Emily Bronte's book, which is not about romance but about dark, dangerous passion. At TIFF: "Wuthering Heights," "The Artist," and the wrong red carpet 2011-09-10T03:40:06Z

They don’t “get together,” in the Biblical sense; her leap of faith that he is on the level is the sum and summit of their romance. “Condor,” Reviewed: A Classic Paranoid Thriller, Rewired for the Contemporary Nervous System 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

In the 2019 National Book Award winner for fiction, a charismatic theater teacher gets wind of a highly charged romance between two sophomores, and the ensuing classroom exercises feel more exploitative than educational. 50 notable works of fiction in 2019 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z

As well as becoming more commonplace, terminal-teen romances are becoming more medical, which is a double-edged sword. Going viral: why Hollywood is plagued by terminally ill teens 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

When it seems their romance is doomed to be short-lived, their patter includes mimed suicides. Review | Irish immigration is played for comedy in ‘How to Keep an Alien’ 2018-12-07T05:00:00Z

They play lovers trying to rekindle a romance 40 years later, and the ache in her eyes is exquisite. Lauren Bacall's voice resonated with women 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

The actor Justin Hartley, who won fame on “This Is Us,” is no stranger to the themes in the holiday romance “The Noel Diary.” ‘The Noel Diary’ Review: Revelations on a Cold Winter’s Night 2022-11-24T05:00:00Z

I just needed to collect my checked-in suitcase, complete the deal and be on my way to see Simone for a weekend of romance in New York. ‘I liked going to New York as a drug trafficker’: Duane Jackson 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

But Jason-Mathews also understands the unique characteristics of the romance market that pose special challenges for booksellers that want to attract these customers. Perspective | Stop dissing romance novels already 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

Many took to Twitter to share their thoughts about the potential romance. Game of Thrones Fans Can't Stop Shipping Brienne and Tormund 2016-05-16T04:00:00Z

These two jewels, the ruby of her sister’s marriage, the diamond of her character’s romance, are not signs of coldness or antipathy to sensual experience. Beholding Virginia Woolf Through the Women in Her Life 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

When the romance ended, so did his secure bucolic life. “Homeless and hungry — please help!”: Baltimore’s panhandlers ask for our sympathy and loose change. Why are they so polarizing? 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

Yet somehow, starting in 1969, an intellectual romance bloomed between these two professors of psychology. Review: Michael Lewis on Two Well Matched (but Finally Mismatched) Men 2016-12-01T05:00:00Z

The core elements of the premise — rogue tentacles, prickly villains, a found family and swoon-worthy romances — are familiar to aficionados of genre entertainment. A Cult Show’s Recipe for Success: Whiskey, Twitter and Complex Women 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z

These individuals are apparently skipping dating, marriage and even romance, and going right to parenthood. New co-parenting trend sees singles having children with strangers 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

She immediately said yes, touching off a whirlwind romance more than a decade after breaking up. The Delay Game Was On 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

This month, three romances blossom in harsh times, proving all those grandmas right. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the month 2016-03-30T04:00:00Z

In 2017, after she had returned to Charleston, a get-together on the pretext of talking about their respective businesses turned out to be the prelude to their romance. Hart Hagerty, John Wrangle 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

In one series, the black and gray tones — and subtle symbols of black subjugation and resistance — ground the delicious subject matter: a couple in the full swing of romance. Seattle Art Museum’s ‘Figuring History’ a powerful look at who is represented in art 2018-02-14T05:00:00Z

This ballet, one of Peck’s best, forms the first main section of “Copland” and is an athletic, charming work that weaves together friendship and competition with a whiff of romance. Review: Justin Peck Runs Out of Steam in ‘Copland Dance Episodes’ 2023-01-27T05:00:00Z

Though Orenstein’s book straddles the line between romance and commercial fiction, it strikes a powerful chord with a heroine struggling for balance in 2019 — something that is made ever more challenging with technology everywhere. Perspective | Technology is transforming our love lives — and our romance novels 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Dev deftly weaves themes of family and friendship into a beautiful romance, setting the story against a backdrop of a massive Indian American wedding, all while tackling issues of mental illness, family expectations and celebrity. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for October 2015-09-30T04:00:00Z

Expect blood, gore, and flashbacks mixed in with a little teen romance, angst, and a killer soundtrack. 5 horror movies on Netflix to stream on Friday the 13th 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z

Their romance doesn’t always go smoothly, but “Da Sweet Blood of Jesus” doesn’t delve too deeply into their emotions. Review: ‘Da Sweet Blood of Jesus,’ Spike Lee’s Vampire Movie 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

They were moved by his love letters and his statesmanship to write a melancholy romance that doubles as a political message. Oscar-Nominated Songs With Familiar Composers 2014-02-19T22:59:00Z

Relationships and characters from outside the canon of heterosexual romance have centred in his lens for decades. Gus Van Sant: 'We are living in a wilder time than anything we could imagine' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z

"Nothing is ever as good as it is in the beginning," she added, looking back to her romance with Bogart. Lauren Bacall on writing: The most complete experience I've ever had 2014-08-13T04:00:00Z

We first meet him at a party on a terrace with a view of the Brooklyn Bridge, where he and a pal spin elaborate philosophical justifications for their cynical, transactional approach to sex and romance. ‘Vengeance’ Review: A Dish Best Served With Frito Pie 2022-07-28T04:00:00Z

Through her high school and college years, Plath had enjoyed romances with a variety of young men, but this time it was different. Review | What Sylvia Plath’s letters reveal about the poet we thought we knew 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z

It must have been strange – existentially weird – for Barrymore, at the height of her romcom era, to conduct a personal life while her very face had come to advertise romance. Drew Barrymore: Don't mention the c-word 2010-03-27T00:09:00Z

The newspaper does, however, admit that there is another strand to the narrative which centres on a parallel modern-day romance between a married woman and a Russian security guard. Madonna meets royals to discuss Edward and Mrs Simpson film 2010-10-11T15:56:00Z

They end up working together closely in an office where Asta is a nurse — oh, the potential for office place romance! When Harry met Asta: Syfy's kooky "Resident Alien" is a love story 2022-01-29T05:00:00Z

It proved a fine setting for the blossoming romance of the young title characters. Opera Review: East Meets West at Macao Festival 2011-10-25T11:30:08Z

“Roy Lichtenstein made all those gazillions of dollars basically tracing off old romance comics. It would be nice for the real item to go out there and be recognized.” Comic Art’s Million-Dollar Club 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z

But romance presented challenges: they lived thousands of miles and an ocean apart and their backgrounds were wildly different. In Lockdown, a Long-Distance Romance Grew Stronger 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z

But in the third season there were several mysteries and was very heavy on the various teen romance plots. A new "Veronica Mars" mystery: Where can the show go from here? Its creator has some ideas 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z

Like all of Riordan's other books, "The Serpent's Shadow" is a true page-turner that mixes adventure, humor, gross stuff, a bit of romance and some sibling rivalry with a crash course on Egyptian mythology. Talking with 'The Serpent's Shadow' author Rick Riordan 2012-05-04T03:30:25Z

Mr. Penn is more than competent in recreating the noise, gore and panic of war zones, but far less so in simulating the atmosphere of alienated romance common in 1960s European art films. Review: Aid Workers in Love and War in Sean Penn’s ‘The Last Face’ 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z

This is the breezy, excited prose of a romance novel, not the kind of language vested with the power of real research and contextual conclusivity. Two new Native American histories -- one tragic, one a revelation 2015-12-24T05:00:00Z

The play is especially effective in these sequences, using a sly theatricality to depict the patient-psychopharmacologist dynamic as a twisted romance. In this 'Next to Normal,' the message is loud but not clear 2016-08-26T04:00:00Z

My doubts about my ability to satisfy affected how I approached romance and I struggled to find ways to cope. My life in sex: The man who has severe premature ejaculation 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z

In pizza joints I began my romance with garlic. Garlic with Everything 2014-11-27T05:00:00Z

As for romance: Never happened, she said the other day. The Past Lives of Shirley MacLaine 2017-03-28T04:00:00Z

With so many people on dating apps, is it making romance a messier space? Daniel Radcliffe Does Not Find Tinder Addictive At All 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

In a conversation over video chat last week, Fishback eagerly cited some of the swoon-worthy pop-culture romances she grew up on, like those in “New Girl,” “The Notebook” and “Gossip Girl.” Dominique Fishback Gave Her Heart to ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

The prime-time soap operas, stuffed with melodrama and romance, are generally the programming backbone for Spanish-speaking networks. Ryan Seacrest becoming Telemundo kingmaker 2013-05-12T22:38:07Z

Guides escort you through hallways, up and down stairwells, and into various rooms, pausing as members of the ensemble enact brief narratives — tales of haunted locales, supernatural romance, a corpse-eating specter and more. Japanese ghost stories take the stage in ‘Kwaidan,’ a Spooky Action Theater show

I loved the music and the fashion and the romance of those worlds, and it was something that I had none of. ArtsBeat: Tribeca Film Festival: Making ‘G.B.F.’ 2013-04-19T16:00:13Z

The next day — their third official date — they talked at length at a Shake Shack in Manhattan, and signs of a whirlwind began registering on the romance radar. To Win a Supermodel’s Hand, 4 Goats and a Cola Nut 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

Until romance with non-white couples is more frequently represented in A-plots like Devi's, the way those affairs begin and end invites a deeper level of scrutiny. "Never Have I Ever" highlights the rarity of South Asian couples on TV. Then it breaks up with one 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z

We sat with an archivist for Coca-Cola, some newlyweds who had saved up for a honeymoon night and a retired surgeon in his 80s who was having an improbable romance with a younger novelist. On a Georgia Island, a Lot of Good Food and Plenty of Nothing 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

He publicly acknowledged the romance at a Seoul news conference in March to promote “On the Beach at Night Alone.” Films of Hong Sang-soo Capture Pleasures and Pratfalls of Attraction 2017-05-17T04:00:00Z

Having a baby in a society that already put much of the child care on the shoulders of the mother, working or not, did in most of our romance long ago. Together. 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z

Ms. Small’s first historical romance was published by Avon Books in 1978, the year she turned 41. Bertrice Small, 77, Writer of Risqué Romance Novels, Dies 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

Summer is prime time for a romantic fling, of course — and for grappling with conflicting feelings around fleeting romances. Why the Outfield’s “Your Love” is the perfect summer song 2023-07-04T04:00:00Z

The writing is often best in the details, such as a clever sketch that imagines a man leaving his accountant, except played in the style of a Hollywood romance. On Comedy: The Comedy of Murderfist and The Birthday Boys 2013-12-10T22:37:39Z

It lacks even the wintry romance of last year's . The Quarry by Iain Banks – review 2013-06-16T07:00:00Z

"It's not just about a romance," said Keaton. Douglas, Keaton get second chance at love in 'And So It Goes' 2014-07-22T04:00:00Z

Directed by France's Michel Hazanavicius, The Artist is a romance set in Hollywood in the late 1920s and early 1930s as cinema was undergoing a seismic shift from silent to sound. Cannes movie recalls magic of the silent era 2011-05-15T10:50:12Z

But generally this was a Giselle that alternated between the marvellous and the off-focus; enjoyable to watch but without the high notes of tragedy and romance. Royal Ballet: Giselle ? review 2011-01-13T21:31:01Z

It may help legitimize the sketchy romance that she is closer in age to the actor playing Henry Higgins. Lauren Ambrose Finally Gets Her Musical 2018-02-27T05:00:00Z

If Kandy Shepherd and James Carpenter’s relationship was a romance novel, it would be a short one. How we stay together: 'Love at first sight is a thing' 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z

I Love You, You're Perfect, Now Change Musical revue explores romance and relationships through a series of vignettes. L.A. theater openings, Feb. 7-14: Bernadette Peters and more 2016-02-04T05:00:00Z

The first time I saw this piquant, episodic chronicle of a middle-aged artist’s bad romances, I was puzzled and a little irritated. The Best Movies of 2018 2018-12-05T05:00:00Z

While it eschews the obvious route of a typical biopic, bringing the story of one of Diana's lesser-known romances to the big screen is not without its pitfalls. Diana film re-opens old chapter 2013-09-17T07:02:42Z

The media, transfixed by his new romance, set about converting his private life into entertainment. Mario Vargas Llosa on Love, Spectacle and Becoming a Legend 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z

Like pills, lean, or alcohol, the romances that absorbed him were just another way to disappear, another way to feel something else. The Beautiful Vulnerability of Juice WRLD 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

Space romance it may be, but Tyldum’s movie is also ploughing a rather different furrow to Avatar. Could Passengers be the next Avatar, or will it disappear into a black hole? 2016-09-21T04:00:00Z

It is to the director's credit that he takes a tale in which there are no surprises and finds a way to let innocence, goodness and a storybook romance actually carry the day. In 'Cinderella,' goodness and fairy tale innocence rule 2015-03-12T04:00:00Z

A tender, naturalistic romance set in Harlem, this sophomore feature from Rashaad Ernesto Green takes a slight story and packs it with attitude and feeling. ‘Premature’ Review: Summer Loving 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Could that cherishable farce “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” possibly be more daft and befuddling than Shakespeare made it, with romances spawned, crossed and erased in the blink of an enchanted eye? Purcell’s ‘The Fairy Queen’ Reset in New York 2014-08-10T04:00:00Z

“They were interested in the glamour and the romance, and they were right,” Mr. Ray said. Amazon Tackles Hollywood’s F. Scott Fitzgerald Obsession 2017-07-20T04:00:00Z

The denouement, in which the pairs of estranged brothers are reunited, unexpectedly gives off some of the emotional heat of the scenes of recognition and reconciliation in Shakespeare’s greater comedies and romances. Theater Review: A ‘Comedy of Errors’ Unfolds in the ’40s, With Fedoras 2013-06-19T02:00:01Z

This episode’s cornball elements are on full display in its opening scene, as Axe’s forces break up a romance between two aristocratic aliens from different races. ‘The Mandalorian’ Season 3, Episode 6 Recap: Nuts and Revolts 2023-04-05T04:00:00Z

As their romance starts and stops and starts, Gaskell does an admirable job bringing the reader into the lives of those who labor on the factory floor. Top 10 Non-Dickens Books for Dickens Fans 2012-02-05T20:06:36Z

Together, they navigate romance and the road to artistic success. Film Series in NYC This Week 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z

Perhaps "Bridgeton" eschews the same sort of criticism because it focuses on female empowerment or because it reinvigorates the historical romance through devices such as color-blind casting and anachronistic music. "Emily in Paris": Why it’s so hard to admit love for the show despite it being so popular 2022-12-31T05:00:00Z

But “Show Boat” was so innovative that its central romance plays as boy meets girl, boy loses girl, then boy gets girl — 23 years later. Is 'Hamilton' the top Broadway musical of all time? Not necessarily, this expert says 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z

Even by the standards of the late romances, rich in strange reversals and fantastical happenings, “Pericles” stands out for its tumultuous story line. Review: In ‘Pericles,’ Much Ado About a Lot of Things 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z

She began mimicking songs of heartache from the radio, using the borrowed language of romance to explore adolescent anxiety. Joan Shelley’s New Songs Soothe Old Wounds 2022-06-20T04:00:00Z

Attempts at romance were difficult, especially as online dating — and its all-important profile pictures — became the de facto method of meeting people. An incurable disease covered her face in tumors. She had to learn to like herself. 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z

He plays a novelist who is devastated by the death of his wife but also caught up in a new romance. Dafoe says he's proud of Green Goblin 2010-10-08T18:20:00Z

It’s a little of both, in truth, with some family melodrama and sweet romance thrown in. Review: In ‘The Meddler,’ a Yakkety Mom Comes of (a Certain) Age 2016-04-21T04:00:00Z

The songs, most of them anonymous, told mainly of knightly romance. Review: Jordi Savall and Juilliard415 Perform in ‘Shakespeare and Cervantes’ 2016-01-31T05:00:00Z

Their relationship, however, remained a weekend-only romance, as her job had her on the road from Monday to Thursday. No Longer a Weekend-Only Romance 2021-09-10T04:00:00Z

But what surprised me at least as much as the weakness of the Cruise-McGillis romance was how little conflict there was in the movie overall. Who’s Your Wingman Now? Pushing the Envelope With ‘Top Gun’ 2020-03-24T04:00:00Z

Our romance began on a rare day off. Modern Love: I Call Your Name (You?re Not There) 2011-01-27T23:12:33Z

Znak’s latest idea, inspired by her Ibiza show, was to send celebrities to a sunny island and encourage them to romance. The Glorious Depravity of the British “Love Island” 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

Few cities can rival the romance of Paris in springtime. Longing for Spring? A New Batch of Hotels Will Help You Celebrate It. 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z

The thematic arc of "The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars" ... explored a darker side of romance: a dalliance with intoxicating self-sabotage and the seduction of the spotlight. 50 years ago, David Bowie and Roxy Music made history 2022-06-19T04:00:00Z

Even with performances that are coolly modulated under Ryan Maxwell’s direction, the sudden tonal switch is too heavy after so much easygoing banter between Silvia and Cat about property and romance. Review | A new play and a vintage satire reflect factional frenzy 2018-10-28T04:00:00Z

Over time, love, marriage and romance just became less and less about property and the exchange of property and more of a personal choice. In defense of single people 2012-07-09T01:00:00Z

But I was satisfied that I had done my best romancing the stone. 2010-01-15T21:13:00Z

Here Hadley lays the cornerstones of the lives and romances the four of them will construct over the next decades. Review | In Tessa Hadley’s new novel, death mixes everybody up 2019-01-08T05:00:00Z

Part of the appeal of “It’s Nice to Hear You” is its implication that appearance and other physical concerns are superfluous to romance. On New Podcasts, the Sound of Falling in Love 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z

In contrast, the romance between Konefal’s character Ciara and her paramour Ben is a delightful twist on the typical “damsel in distress” trope. Feminism is alive and well on "Days of Our Lives" 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z

They didn’t speak much about their past romance. After a Few Years, a Change of Heart Leads to a Wedding 2021-05-07T04:00:00Z

The musical "Doctor Zhivago," based on the novel by Boris Pasternak, tells a quintessentially Russian tale of romance and loss set against the upheaval of the early 20th century. 'Doctor Zhivago' musical sets Broadway opening for April 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z

Washington Post critic Ann Hornaday called the film “one of the great love stories, an epic romance” and a “precise, graceful and intellectually rewarding work worthy of Murdoch herself.” John Bayley, British literary scholar who wrote a memoir about his wife, author Iris Murdoch, dies at 89 2015-01-21T05:00:00Z

What follows is an escalating sequence of creaky-freaky jump scares interspersed with beats from a budding romance between Walter and Evie. ‘The Invitation’ Review: Bringing Down the Haunted House 2022-08-26T04:00:00Z

The romance moved fast, and they soon moved in together — though the boyfriend managed to keep his dalliances secret for years. Instagram model claims she learned boyfriend was cheating by looking at his Apple Watch 2019-12-20T05:00:00Z

In flowing, naturalistic scenes, Petzold plots assorted human coordinates — friendship and romance, jealousy and enmity — that deepen the movie’s emotional register. ‘Afire’ Review: His Flaws Are Petty, Pathetic and Funny 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z

She also wrote romance novels for Harlequin under a pen name, Vanessa James. Sally Beauman, Author Whose Advance Set a Record, Dies at 71 2016-07-15T04:00:00Z

The body of Turkish poetry and versified romances written in subsequent centuries was largely dependent on Iranian models. Turkey Reawakening to Its Vast Iranian Ties 2010-04-23T11:35:00Z

The haunting Peeling Off the Layers sounded like a eulogy for every failed romance ever. Wildbirds and Peacedrums 2010-05-18T21:00:00Z

Romance may be universal, but romances inhabit a more specific realm, bound by genre, juicy and flamboyant in some ways, constricted in others. History Lives in Fiction: From Jennie Churchill’s Britain to Jacksonian Cincinnati 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z

There were more casual dates, but no romance. On Again, Off Again, and With a Nudge, Now On Forever 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z

Detailed accounts of torture flickered throughout “Mezzanine,” another tense song about romance. Music Review: Massive Attack at Terminal 5 2010-05-13T20:27:00Z

In addition to comfy pants and my dishwasher, reading romance got me through 2020. Best romance novels of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

This is another romance that will prove to readers that love will conquer, no matter the circumstance. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for February 2016-01-28T05:00:00Z

Ghost: The Musical is a sentimental pop fantasy — following in a worthy tradition of afterlife romances like Heaven Can Wait and Here Comes Mr. Jordan. In Defense of Ghost: The Musical 2012-05-08T10:45:30Z

Stories of onetime romances returning perhaps to seek another day abound onstage: the National Theater’s current revival of the Stephen Sondheim-James Goldman musical “Follies” mines that precise topic to wounding effect. On London Stage, Absurdity and Terrorism Aren’t Mutually Exclusive 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

I wanted to write something that was uplifting and positive; on the other hand, there is a tremendous amount of bitter-sweetness to that film - and bittersweet romance - so it's a real duality. "A Chorus Line" composer Marvin Hamlisch dies at 68 2012-08-07T21:41:12Z

In most pop culture, whether spy stories or romance novels, leading men are leading men because they’re masculine — strong, competent, dangerous, heroic. Without 'Twilight's' supernatural chill, can Stephenie Meyer still thrill readers? 2016-11-08T05:00:00Z

Mr. Gurung created such an exotic apparition of romance, with patterned black stockings, corsets, ostrich feathers and trailing bits of chiffon, that I couldn’t get my arms around a thing. New York Fashion Week: Fashion Review: What?s Worth Remembering Amid the Blur 2011-02-13T23:57:02Z

“I’m so excited to finally get this passionate new romance out into the world,” James said in a statement. 'Fifty Shades' author announces steamy new 'Cinderella romance' 2019-01-24T05:00:00Z

This time around, however, Burgundy seems to be more interested in "romancing" a new colleague, played by Meagan Good. Anchorman 2: Ron Burgundy is back 2013-06-19T09:30:19Z

The Mob Museum has entirely different interests, but the tension with mob romance remains. Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas 2012-02-14T00:58:51Z

But three decades on, the movie’s emotional resonance also stems from the frank way class intrudes on Andie and Blane’s romance. Why “Pretty in Pink” endures: John Hughes’ classic is more than just another teen movie 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

His songs have delved into myth, comedy, protest, reflection and romance. Playlist : New Music by Lianne La Havas, Jovanotti, Blonds and Opossom 2012-08-03T16:00:00Z

The romance that began with such passion devoured itself. Rebecca Miller on the Mother of All Subjects: Her Father 2018-03-11T05:00:00Z

If Georgia Democrats get their way, the next governor of the state might be a prolific author of romance novels. Will a romance novelist be the next governor of Georgia? 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

A new publishing company began courting self-published romance writers earlier this year. TikTok Sells A Lot of Books. Now, Its Owner Wants to Publish Them, Too. 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z

They share a fair, pallid beauty, the bloom of youth just discovering the wonder of romance, the intimate knowledge of one another’s charms born of a longstanding relationship. Review: In ‘’Tis Pity,’ Forbidden Love, the Most Attractive Kind 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z

For months, the couple kept the office romance to themselves. Benjamin Millepied Leaps Into the Spotlight 2011-02-02T23:36:06Z

This past Valentine's Day weekend I was inundated with wonderful recommendations of black screen romances, both tragic and inspiring. Where is the love?: Seeking intimacy in Josephine Baker's films 2021-02-20T05:00:00Z

But those defects ultimately get in the way of the stars and leave you wondering: Is this a romance about neurological impairment or a neurologically impaired romance? Movie Review: ?The Vow,? With Rachel McAdams and Channing Tatum 2012-02-09T22:50:56Z

In recent years, Wesleyan University Press has spearheaded the movement to retranslate the full texts of many of Jules Verne’s scientific romances, what he called his “voyages extraordinaires.” Summer’s hidden gems, selected by Michael Dirda 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z

Over the years, the boy at the center of “Boyhood” endures two stepfathers who drink heavily, while his biological father’s romances remain more of a mystery. Richard Linklater’s career has all been leading up to his ‘Boyhood’ masterpiece

They lied to me, to all of us young boys who were new to ideas of sex and romance. I grew up surrounded by toxic masculinity, but I evolved: We have to give people a chance to grow 2020-10-17T04:00:00Z

“Mom has some shopping to do” — for fantasies of romance and submission, whips and wisdom. Review: 'Fifty Shades of Grey': Where's the Wicked Whiplash? 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

“Hotels will see an uptick, but instead of packages being more family-focused as they usually are, they will emphasize romance,” he said.­ Presidents Can Be So Romantic 2015-01-30T05:00:00Z

Soon Victor finds himself inhabiting the moments of a conventional romance plot. Review: In ‘The Film Critic,’ a Snob Is Tripped Up by His Heartstrings 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

The book drew critical praise but also threatening phone calls for its depiction of a long romance between a wealthy white man and his black housekeeper in rural Alabama. Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Shirley Ann Grau dies at 91 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z

In Berry’s virtuoso historical fantasy, the Greek gods toy with the hearts of four young mortals caught up in a chaotic First World War romance. Fascinating Alternate Histories in Four New Novels 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z

“Claudine,” the story of a romance between a garbage collector and a single mother on welfare, is a potent, tender, unjustly neglected work of ’70s social realism. You Know These 20 Movies. Now Meet the Women Behind Them 2018-09-14T04:00:00Z

We discussed writing in English as her third language, the pros and cons of genre boundaries, and, amazingly, “Fish in Exile’s” beginnings as a Harlequin romance. At home in exile: Vi Khi Nao on her experimental novel 'Fish in Exile' 2017-04-14T04:00:00Z

We just wonder how this indie rock romance will fare once someone tells Kate that Ryan's version is - whisper it - a bit better. New music: Ryan Jarman covers Kate Nash 2010-04-16T14:53:00Z

The note from the director, Poppy Burton-Morgan, invites viewers to "a world of djinnis and demonstrations, of romance and revolutions". Palestine: Diary of a historic month 2012-12-14T10:00:02Z

But the state still has a winner: True Confessions, by Rachel Gibson, the story of a romance between a tabloid reporter and a small-town sheriff. For Valentine’s Day: Amazon Gives Every State Its Own Love Story 2013-02-14T18:09:45Z

Are romance novels any more formulaic or unrealistic than the spy novels and thrillers that attract a male readership? Perspective | Stop dissing romance novels already 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

In a world that never shuts down, where something interesting is always going on and somewhere, an email is always waiting to be answered, we fetishize our sleep, in a love-hate I-crave-you-I-don’t-need-you bad romance. Is sleep the new sex? 2013-04-10T21:45:00Z

Best actress went to "The Hunger Games" actress Jennifer Lawrence, who won the Oscar for lead female this year for her role in the quirky romance "Silver Linings Playbook". Helen Mirren chides Mendes for not citing women among influences 2013-03-25T16:18:06Z

A 1944 classic, with Leonard Bernstein music, about three sailors chasing romance in New York City, “On the Town” opened as a summertime offering in 2013 at Barrington Stage Company in Massachusetts. ‘On the Town’ Producers Keep Faith in Their Investment 2015-01-20T05:00:00Z

“Catastrophe” is one of the few shows that excavates the dirty business of marital partnership, parenting and romance without overly sweetening what a challenge it can be to commit to a person. Smart Watch: Salon's guide to TV this week 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z

He has also written one about “the mystery and romance of the rice cooker.” Books of The Times: ?Life Itself? by Roger Ebert - Review 2011-09-22T21:53:06Z

The song continues, "l'll be glad when mama lets me go to dances and have romances / I'll be glad to have a party dress that boys will adore, a dress that touches the floor." From the ambitious to the everyday, cookbooks are a magical portal to our culinary futures 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z

A toxin slipped into prepared food, a contamination not only of the meal but of the romance of domestic care, serves as a murder weapon. Dead Girls, Female Murderers, and Megan Abbott’s Novel “Give Me Your Hand” 2018-07-18T04:00:00Z

Because really, deep down at the core, this show is a big Victorian romance novel. ArtsBeat: He's Created a Monster: Alan Ball Talks 'True Blood' 2011-06-17T14:49:32Z

But along with its catalog, the exhibition presents an intriguing case study in the convergence of art, design, commerce and the romance of travel. Art Review: ?Art for All? at the Yale Center for British Art 2010-06-17T21:44:00Z

Throughout my inseminations and the pandemic I continued to date, wavering between whether risking my heart with romance was worth it or not. Swiping right in the fertility doctor's office: On pursuing romance and single motherhood at once 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

“I had hardly been anywhere and was hungry to experience more. There was a lot of romance in that dream.” How Julie Byrne’s Astral Folk Music Took Flight 2023-07-03T04:00:00Z

She thought that the average reader of paranormal romances didn’t get to see the kind of guys she was attracted to, these kind of Bollywood actors. Scott Westerfeld on writing his novel-within-a-YA-novel 'Afterworlds' 2014-10-08T04:00:00Z

Rather the romance is expressed “in the color palette and fabric — a soft drape as opposed to a fitted thing,” the stylist said. Red Carpet Watch: Natalie Portman 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z

I'm afraid it will continue to be dismissed as just another romance when it is so much more than that. ‘Outlander’ Season 2, Episode 7: Of Love and Sacrifice 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z

I always loved this movie and am a sap for idealism and romance. In Rome, Using ‘Roman Holiday’ as a Guide 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

More than a decade later, Cassava Republic has published more than 50 titles, and has expanded into romance, crime, memoir, fantasy, science fiction and children’s books. A Wave of New Fiction From Nigeria, as Young Writers Experiment With New Genres 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z

Those are just a few of the guys Mindy romances to some degree. Friends with benefits: "The Mindy Project" and "Broad City" return 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z

Unignorable questions of gender, expectation and privilege lurk beneath complex mysteries and a slowly scorching romance. It’s binge-reading season. Here are the genre-bending romance series to fuel your addiction. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

An aspiring singer-songwriter struggling to escape the shadow of his father, a country music legend, finds romance and writes a breakout hit, only to grapple with stardom and temptation. The Fall Movie Preview list of films 2014-09-05T04:00:00Z

Dr. Guralnik moves to video chat for this new entry, offering a look at both the pressures of pandemic romance and the ups and downs of remote therapy. What’s on TV This Week: A Bee Gees Documentary and ‘Couples Therapy’ 2020-12-07T05:00:00Z

The current of romance ran strong in Haworth Parsonage, where Byron and Scott were gods. She Was No Bird: ‘Jane Eyre’ Manuscript on First Trip to America 2016-09-08T04:00:00Z

As the words “sensual,” “besos,” “baby” and “romance” took shape and then shattered on big screens behind him, Santos was making advances onto his mike stand. For Romeo Santos at the Patriot Center, it’s ladies first, as always

The most poignant scene captures a get-together between women identifying themselves by case number, who speak about their difficulty maintaining romance in adulthood while carrying this burden. I'll Be Gone in the Dark: the story of the search for the Golden State Killer 2020-06-23T04:00:00Z

“Each pas de deux has a very different temperature, reflecting the different stages of their relationship,” he said of the lead couple, whose forbidden romance is thwarted at every turn. It’s Story Time at Ballet Theater, With a Best Seller Twist 2023-06-17T04:00:00Z

Think about Halloween and romance is unlikely to be the first thing that comes to mind. Halloween foods from history reveal the holiday’s surprising romantic side — and you can try them yo 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

An almost impossibly handsome young man who won the games at 14, he has since spent his time romancing influential citizens of the ruling Capitol metropolis. Hammer, Kitsch and Hedlund tipped for Hunger Games sequel 2012-05-30T12:28:08Z

Though this movie portrays how stifling a marriage of convenience is, it doesn't offer the freewheeling bohemian concept of romance as any type of solution. Five movies to cure you of Valentine's Day 2011-02-14T21:37:00Z

Bad romances break up, but bad friendships tend to fade into limbo, creating much wasted anguish and time. Hello Barbie: fashion-obsessed talking doll thinks I'm amazing – or so she said 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z

Within the framework of a classically tense comic romance, the director keeps a calm but dazzling whirl of puckish nuance that lends an extraordinary texture to his calm, precise style. How Mumblecore Brings Out the Best in Actors 2015-06-03T04:00:00Z

Zhang Yimou released the romance "Under the Hawthorn Tree" in September and Chen Kaige directed "Sacrifice," the story of an orphan who avenges the death of his family that hit movie theaters in December. 2010 Chinese box office surges to $1.5 billion 2011-01-10T09:46:04Z

Their inchoate romance could prove therapeutic for both, with Alice finding pure friendship and Joel learning to let go of morose childhood. Secret's Out 2011-06-02T10:15:00Z

Somebody knows somebody to whom it really happened, somebody whose love of Twilight and the version of romance it presents got in the way of real life. Does Twilight Really Ruin Real-Life Romance? 2012-11-16T10:45:09Z

Like the sounds in “Chatting” these glimpses of reality are a relief from the overwrought Gothic romance of Ms. Lin’s sculptures. Art Review: ‘Bound Unbound: Lin Tianmiao’ at Asia Society 2012-09-06T21:36:59Z

Garfunkel is given to such flights of fancy, reveries that instill even everyday things with a sense of romance. Art Garfunkel’s greatest interview ever: “Paul and Artie can be very squirmy around each other” 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Moral watchdogs in the US have launched a furious attack on the debut trailer for much-hyped erotic romance Fifty Shades of Grey, arguing that the film normalises sexual violence. Fifty Shades of Grey trailer provokes attack from US moral watchdogs 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z

"I don't think I ever expected to feel this good about life without there being any element of romance in sight," she said. Taylor Swift connects with fans via 'secret sessions,' media blitz 2014-10-28T04:00:00Z

The film and its European predecessor both belong under the umbrella of the marriage film, a miniature genre distinct from the romance film and yet centrally oriented around the idea of romance. Happy never after? The enduring appeal of the messy marriage movie 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z

By the next scene they’re navigating the rhythms of a long-term romance. immersed in the tenor and flavors of their Afro-Dominican backgrounds. Review: In ‘Bees & Honey,’ Love Is Both Sweet and Sticky 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z

This week, romance is in the air in “The Mystery of Love & Sex,” "Sex, Faith and Jason Wexler" and the classic farce "The Importance of Being Earnest." L.A. theater openings, Feb. 21-28: 'The Mystery of Love & Sex' and more 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

Putting Bill's romance with Sookie on the back burner will, fortunately, allow the show to deal with several other confusing issues. "True Blood" finale: The big showdown 2010-09-13T12:30:00Z

We haven’t seen a lot of Sam so far this season, perhaps in part because the show seems reluctant to dive back into the Sam-Rebecca romance it ignited last season. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: Zava Superstar 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z

The original “Shuffle Along” was the first show to demonstrate romance between two black characters. Tony nominee Savion Glover: Go ahead, call me a Hoofer 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z

If I was unmoved by these scenes, it’s in part because this is the third novel I’ve read in a month in which a widowed cop agonizes over a new romance. In ‘Dark Reservations,’ a missing congressman casts a deadly shadow 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z

She also sings and she dances, moving to pop confections that sound like chapter titles in a wistful romance: “A Little More Love,” “All Out of Love,” “No More Lonely Nights.” ‘Gloria Bell’ Review: Love Is in the Air for a Transcendent Julianne Moore 2019-03-07T05:00:00Z

In the spring she ended a five-year romance with Lyor Cohen, the former chairman of Warner Music Group and a formidable presence in the hip-hop music scene who helped many recording artists become millionaires. What Does Tory Burch Want? 2013-08-21T21:42:45Z

In other words, producing realistic fiction, which takes as its subject not just romance but also the details that compose the fabric of daily life, is paramount to her. Terry McMillan is as charming as the characters in her new book, 'I Almost Forgot About You' 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z

Lawless also merges the lyrical and the ultra-violent, with a pair of protracted romances providing welcome light relief from the often bloody set-pieces. Nick Cave: 'Lawless is not so much a true story as a true myth' 2012-08-25T23:05:50Z

How did you go from vampire romance in rural Louisiana to a trouble-laden multiracial family in the Pacific Northwest? ‘Here and Now,’ a New Supernatural Drama From the Creator of ‘True Blood’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

But instead of bemoaning the loss, romance novels are reminding us that emotional intensity isn’t disappearing along with paper and pen. Perspective | Technology is transforming our love lives — and our romance novels 2019-12-13T05:00:00Z

Alma’s history, as the title suggests, includes her relationship with a Japanese American at a time when such a romance was unacceptable to her family and peers. Isabel Allende’s ‘The Japanese Lover’: A tale of history and romance 2015-11-02T05:00:00Z

There’s an equally sly process at work in “Funny Thing She Said,” a slow-drag ballad whose subject is the unraveling of a romance. Review: Ryley Walker Is Unsettled in a Chicago Way on ‘Golden Sings’ 2016-08-17T04:00:00Z

Has it really been nine years since we last saw Celine and Jesse, in Paris, rekindling the romance that first sparked nine years before that, in Vienna? Movie Review: ‘Before Midnight,’ With Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke 2013-05-23T16:15:43Z

“High By the Beach,” which arrives ahead of its scheduled Apple Music premiere later today, also finds her departing from her typical tortured romances in favor of some solo time in the sun. Hear Lana Del Rey's New Song 'High By the Beach' 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

All of this makes twenty-something romance, courtship, and sex something of a minefield. Bill Clinton vs. Lena Dunham: The Shakespearean battle of boomers and millennials 2014-03-01T21:00:00Z

The romance soon rekindled, but this time they proceeded with caution. An ‘I do’ do-over for Claudia Uceda and Brian Mooar 2015-11-05T05:00:00Z

Lionsgate told Deadline it has no plans to reboot the series unless Stephenie Meyer, who wrote the teen romance novels on which the films are based, gave such a move her blessing. Twilight Saga reboot denied by studio 2012-06-18T10:58:57Z

After witnessing the infidelity in her parents’ marriage, her own fractured romances, and reeling from her mother’s death, Corina is terrified of opening her heart again. My streaming gem: why you should watch Always a Bridesmaid 2020-08-31T04:00:00Z

Set on a college campus in the contemporary American South, where a whitewashed sense of tradition drips with nostalgia for the antebellum past, “TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever” is not a romance by any stretch. ‘TJ Loves Sally 4 Ever’ Review: It’s No Valentine 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z

For someone who wasn’t used to negotiating the contours of romance, though, Mr. Sze was quick to accept the role of boyfriend. A Profile Photo Only a Nerd Would Understand 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z

Gloria Grahame also stars as Laurel Gray, the actress who provides Dixon an alibi, and with whom he quickly begins a romance. ArtsBeat Blog: Critics' Picks Video: 'In a Lonely Place' 2011-08-29T21:20:13Z

“First Kill” follows two high-school girls who are in love but have a big problem standing in the way of their romance: They’re supposed to destroy each other. In ‘First Kill,’ Hunter and Prey Fall in Love 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z

Despite the unfamiliar Soviet-bloc setting and the distant historical epoch, these are highly accessible human stories with an enormous emotional range, from dark comedy to reckless romance to unbearable tragedy. “Dekalog”: The legendary Communist-era Polish miniseries that shaped the TV we watch today 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

He demonstrated his versatility in "Marty," a low-budget film in which played a butcher who fears he is so unattractive he will never find romance. Ernest Borgnine dies aged 95 2012-07-08T23:23:39Z

“Life Sentence” doesn’t need to pick either of those paths, but it does need to pick a path, one with more cleverness, intensity, drama, romance — something. Review: On ‘Life Sentence,’ Life Is a Little Too Beautiful 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z

As a young Greenwich Village bohemian in the nineteen-teens and twenties, Sanger “longed,” she recalled, “for romance, dancing, wooing, experience.” The Pill’s Difficult Birth 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z

The states received scores in "27 relevant metrics" that fall under "three key dimensions," including dating opportunities, dating economics and romance and fun. Best and worst states for singles going into 2021: Survey 2021-02-04T05:00:00Z

And Clemons-Hopkins makes dancing in sprinklers with a cocktail, deliberate sabotage to try to lure a flirty city water official over for romance, an act of radical joy. From ghosts to cannibals, here are the 10 breakout TV performances of the year 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

Although “In Memoriam” clocks in at nearly 400 pages, Winn’s prose is percussive, driving the story forward with a mix of Edwardian masculine sentimentality and the improbable plotting of a period romance. A Devastating Tale of War, a Tender Story of Love 2023-03-07T05:00:00Z

But for every campaign-trail romance that ends in marriage, many others will be as short-lived as a lead in the polls was for Scott Walker and Ben Carson in the Republican primaries. On the Campaign Trail, Love Doesn’t Always Win 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

In fact, it is hard to imagine the versions played by Sally Field or Rosemary Harris having much in the way of romance. Leaving New York: why Marvel is right to send Spider-Man far from home 2019-01-17T05:00:00Z

A new draft of the script is expected to play up the early romance between Hillary and Bill Clinton. Clinton mini-series scrapped by NBC 2013-10-02T11:03:27Z

We tend to look at the sex lives of sex workers as endlessly fascinating, but in “Bliss” the line of work is instead part of a larger take on the hurdles of modern romance. ‘Bliss’ Review: Working Girls 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

Readers learn about the cat’s life — a romance that bloomed while preying on a deer, a violent and traumatic paternal relationship — in fragmented, inventive prose. 9 New Books Coming in June 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

Her point of view of New York City and dating and love and romance and money was so dead-on. It’s an It Girl! The Birth of ‘Sex and the City’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

It is possible to be so absorbed by the quickening plot here that you overlook the unfolding of the relationship, which is subtler, gentler than it is in many romances. Love Notes 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

Fitzgerald may have sometimes pushed Nick to the sidelines of his glamorous romance, but in the pages of “The Great Gatsby,” Nick always remains the thoughtful narrator, the watcher simultaneously enchanted and repelled. Review | For ‘Gatsby’ fans, 2021 will be the start of remakes. First up: ‘Nick’ 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

So I’m going to read another romance novel and see where it goes. What Paul Scheer Can’t Travel Without 2018-09-07T04:00:00Z

Casablanca stands for movie romance in great part because it is hardly true to life. Casablanca: No 2 2010-10-16T10:53:00Z

There are genre elements, as usual with Schrader, including moments of febrile tension and blasts of violence mingled in with the horror and the romance. ‘The Card Counter’ Review: A Gambler’s Existential Solitaire 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z

Or: “Do you get ‘high’ from sex and/or romance?” Love is the mother of all addictions: Compelling as nicotine and heroin — and just as hard to kick 2016-05-01T04:00:00Z

Being the conservative type, my husband felt it was shameful to be seen enjoying tales of romance at the cinema with his wife. Bradford: city of Bollywood dreams 2013-05-17T12:04:43Z

Those new to Harris might first read the Sookie books to determine if Harris’ mix of romance, mystery and contemporary fantasy is for them. ‘Midnight Crossroad’: This Texas town has some secrets 2014-05-01T18:22:43Z

As it does with a lot of romance fiction, fantasy constituted a large part of the show’s appeal. Film: Un-Innocents Abroad: The Drubbing 2010-06-02T22:04:00Z

Not even a ballet like “Don Quixote” can stand in the way of such a romance. Dance Review: Ballet Theater?s ?Quixote,? Pirouetting at Windmills 2010-05-31T22:37:00Z

Then, when his first tentative romance with a man also ends in rejection, he throws himself off a bridge into the path of a lorry. Till death do us part: why do so many gay films involve a funeral? | Dee Rudebeck 2010-03-23T13:46:00Z

“I don’t mean to intrude,” Diane scolded when he revealed their budding romance, “but could you please keep your pants zipped?” ArtsBeat: 'Good Wife' Watch: A Familiar Face Returns to the Firm 2012-04-23T05:00:05Z

After all these years, the romance was not dead. Style Invitational Week 1104: HOW’s this? Compare 2 things with the same abbrev. 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Lonely, at times passive, she indulges in romance magazines to escape from her present drudgery. New Crime Novels from Louise Penny and Silvia Moreno-Garcia 2021-08-19T04:00:00Z

The first song, “Softly, as I Leave You,” isn’t about the beginning of a romance, but its end. Beyond Ballroom: Twyla Tharp’s American Classicism 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z

Richard Curtis's time travelling romance About Time was in sixth place, with action movie White House Down in seventh. Prisoners captures UK box office 2013-10-02T12:57:57Z

In this 1952 romance, Wayne leaves America for Ireland to reclaim his family home when he falls for the Irish lass next door portrayed by O’Hara. What You Should Watch This Weekend: ‘Please Like Me’ and Films Leaving Netflix 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z

People are nervous that it will stop workplace romances and so on, but men just need to read signals, see boundaries and show respect. Bryan Cranston: ‘I’m a mutt. I relate to that. It’s what I am’ 2018-03-24T04:00:00Z

It also prompted wider debate over how the romance genre handles issues of race, diversity and inclusion. Romance Writers of America Leadership Resigns 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z

"The Origin Of Love" remains one of the loveliest songs about romance recorded in the last two decades, while Mitchell and Trask, as Hedwig and Gnosis, provide perfect counterpoints for the film's musical tete-a-tete. The 22 Best Movie Soundtracks of the 2000s 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z

You will be rewarded with two quiet and tender romances, “Christmas in New York” and “The Glow-Heart,” that capture the particular loneliness of the heartbroken. Jeanette Winterson’s 12 Christmas stories are a magical holiday treat 2016-12-13T05:00:00Z

She proposes an app to provide advice to teenagers distinguishing, for instance, stalking and harassment from “romance” and a helpline for men who want to stop the violence and control. Rachel Louise Snyder: ‘Domestic abuse is as common as rain' 2020-03-08T05:00:00Z

But there is also an abiding romance here about the bicycle in general, which the French affectionately call “the Little Queen.” Fixed-Gear Bicycles Head Overseas, to Paris 2011-09-28T21:36:29Z

Andersson garnered international attention with his first film, 1970's A Swedish Love Story, a gorgeous tale of teenage romance that manges to be both realistic and lyrical. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2011-03-19T00:06:06Z

Organza, representing romance, was constantly grounded by more modern elements. Missioni turns creative page; Liberatore mixes real, virtual 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z

Though Montgomery is new to online dating and sexting, she’s had some practice that now comes in handy: She once wrote a three-part romance novel inspired by her secret celebrity crush. ‘I would pay $50 for a 2-minute hug’: True stories of sex starvation during self-quarantine 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

“Among romance readers, there’s been a kind of puzzlement,” said Eric Murphy Selinger, an executive editor of the Journal of Popular Romance Studies and a professor of English at DePaul University. For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

This digital romance will probably be toast by Thanksgiving. Social Q's: The Gravy Train Ends Here - Social Q’s 2012-07-26T22:18:49Z

Summit Entertainment is close to finalizing agreements with leads Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson and Taylor Lautner, all of whom will get big raises to return for a fifth installment of the vampire romance saga. Salary dispute holds up "Twilight 5" announcement 2010-05-11T05:44:00Z

“Definitely on the positive side, but for a 4 or 5 you’re hoping it will lead to some future romance.” Date Lab: He knew within 30 seconds whether there was potential 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z

She also noted how improbable their romance had seemed at first. A Heart So Full, Her Chipped Teeth Were an Afterthought 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

The story romances her anguish, or maybe cinematographer it's the sentimental rosy golds and grays Darius Khondji surrounds her with, but it is transfixing. "Lisey's Story" isn't a horror tale as much as a cry to end it all sooner 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

When the conditions are ripe for romance — no rain, dark skies, kill the moonlight — thousands of the fireflies will flirt on a verdant tract of land laced with hardwood trees and a burbling river. In a limited engagement, the fireflies blink in sync in the Great Smoky Mountains 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

No one’s taking selfies; instead everyone just enjoys the air of romance and the long-established practice of exchanging coded looks that are part of finding a partner for the next dance. 36 Hours in Buenos Aires 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z

If the audience for, say, romances or thrillers were even half as organized and proactive, we'd be subjected to a lot less insulting garbage. "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1": Harry Potter goes dark 2010-11-18T02:01:00Z

As Harpagon pursues his designs, the young people scheme to keep their own romances on track. Faction of Fools’ ‘The Miser’ generates a windfall of wit 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z

Back on the beach, Mr. Cotner read a fragment by the ancient Greek poet Sappho about a sleepless night alone, prompting reflections on romances gone bad. ‘Island Night,’ a Walk Across Fire Island 2012-09-06T22:22:25Z

The two characters’ rivalry lacked weight so Vidal suggested that Messala hoped secretly to rekindle a boyhood romance between them. From Sean Connery to Harrison Ford: actors who secretly played roles gay 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

He’s been writing since he was a teenager, forsaking everything else — work, family, romance — in his single-minded pursuit of literary fame. Review | A ‘Talented Mr. Ripley’ pursues literary fame in ‘A Ladder to the Sky’ 2018-11-12T05:00:00Z

“Its romance neither winks nor panders. It looks good, moves gracefully and leaves a clean and invigorating aftertaste. I almost didn’t recognize the flavor: I think the name for it is joy.” What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Beauty and the Beast’ and ‘The American Epic Sessions’ 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z

Such a playbook is also shared with the estimated $7.8 billion Bollywood film industry, which often squeezes action, drama, comedy, romance, music and dance into three hours. Move over Bollywood: U.S. festival spotlights independent Indian films 2014-04-08T22:58:47Z

Appetite for e-book editions of best sellers and adult genre fiction — romance, mysteries, thrillers — has seemed almost bottomless. E-Readers Catch Younger Eyes, and Find Room in the Backpack 2011-02-05T02:27:13Z

They only publish sweet romance, meaning they don't allow cursing or open-door sex. David Mamet joins DIY trend as self-published ebooks top charts 2013-04-18T14:07:49Z

At first glance, the movie appears to be a soft focus romance. ‘The Good House’ Review: Expending Emotional Real Estate 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z

L.G.B.T.Q. romance novels have been around for decades, but they have been a quiet presence, almost entirely self-published or put out by small niche presses, and often shelved separately from other romances in bookstores. ‘I Just Want Something That’s Gay and Happy’: L.G.B.T.Q. Romance Is Booming 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

But such a breezy, Instagram-friendly adaptation feels like a betrayal to Dessen’s original, neurotic protagonist, who has a more difficult journey from self-induced solitude to romance. ‘Along for the Ride’ Review: Becoming a Kid Again 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z

Their budding romance seesaws as their hormonal urges do battle with their ethical disagreements. Movie Review: ‘Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,’ Starring Jane Fonda 2012-06-07T22:47:39Z

He said that he delayed the romance because he didn’t want to cross the line and wasn’t ready for marriage. After the Guests Have Left 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

As hoi polloi gobble up cheesy romances and corny thrillers, guardians of the literary flame rest assured that they’re playing the long game, investing in the future of great art. Perspective | Goodreads Choice Awards: An annual reminder that critics and readers don’t often agree 2018-12-03T05:00:00Z

But their romance gradually comes to light, finding echoes in the drama club’s production of “Romeo and Juliet.” Theater Review: ‘Bare,’ Rock Musical, at New World Stages 2012-12-11T22:20:29Z

But the romance between them feels forced and is one of the movie's chief weaknesses. Capsule reviews: `Knight and Day' and others 2010-06-24T20:48:00Z

You’ve been inspired by the romances you saw in the movies. Dominique Fishback Gave Her Heart to ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ 2021-02-17T05:00:00Z

The one film to emerge from this year’s Cannes film festival as a surefire Oscar contender was Todd Haynes’s period romance Carol. Cate Blanchett falls for Rooney Mara in first trailer for Oscar-tipped Carol 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z

Herman’s score, though, has such an embracing loveliness that it trails you right out the door post-show, its romance buoying you like a gentle tide through the Midtown streets. ‘Mack & Mabel’ Review: Lights! Camera! Passion! 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

“Sylvie’s Love” takes that conflict and melts it away, as a great screen romance can. Jazz Onscreen, Depicted by Black Filmmakers at Last 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

Amber’s arrival in Italy is hailed with the kind of sweeping symphony one might expect to hear in a World War I romance over a shot of a dumpster. ‘Spin Me Round’ Review: Eat Pray Lust 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z

Whether you oblige will depend on your fondness for, or immunity to, the gentler stereotypes of movie romance. REVIEW: Does The Hundred-Foot Journey Deserve One Michelin Star or Two? 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Their aim in making this watch is to “bring back the romance between these two crafts,” Mr. Eyjolfsson said. Tradition and Edgy Design in a Young Watch Company 2014-09-02T04:00:00Z

Their plots tend to start like romances, focusing on seduction and romantic rivalry, and end like tragedies, with a mounting body count and a reflective speech. The Improvised Shakespeare Company’s Couplets Off the Cuff 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

His scientific romances tell a very different story. Intimations of immortality 2011-01-08T00:05:59Z

Deep-sea diving, underwater treasure and a romance between Zane Cutter and Teal Williams, a master ship mechanic, drive the plot. Local books: Jewish identity, new life in a yeshiva and deep-sea diving suspense 2011-01-25T00:22:02Z

“Landfall” is a romance — a romance in which the president repeatedly intercedes, rom-com fashion — set against the machinations concerning the administration’s defining failure in Iraq. A Comic Novel About the George W. Bush No One Knows 2019-02-11T05:00:00Z

But there is also romance in the culmination of artistic triumph. Being Jo March: Little Women finally has an ending grown women deserve | Josephine Tovey 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

After the romance runs its course, Stuhlbarg delivers a gorgeous, bittersweet monologue that isn’t what you’d expect from the stereotypical 1980s parent. Tiffany Haddish and Mary J. Blige are among nine movie scene-stealers from 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z

So powerful was the romance of New York lofts, surpassing the Parisian garrets before them, that prefabricated luxury versions are now an industry standard. New York’s Midcentury Art Scene Springs to Life in ‘The Loft Generation’ 2021-11-21T05:00:00Z

Warner Bros expects the series to do well among women between the ages of 14 and 34, due in no small part to Rathbone's popularity stemming from the "Twilight" romances. Warner Bros puts your face in Facebook Web series 2011-09-29T12:07:20Z

I instinctively gravitate to whimsy, fantasy, nonsense and artifice, as well as to works that are waking dreams of adventure, derring-do and romance. Review | Oh, the places you’ll want to go! Two new books offer the most magical of escapes 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z

Even with all “The Longest Ride’s” shots of the eye candy that is Scott Eastwood, Nicholas Sparks’ latest romance to make its tissue-sodden way to the big screen is a wash. 'The Longest Ride' looks pretty, but looks aren't everything 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

A grump remembers how to care and gets together with his unsettled singing neighbor in Rob Reiner’s jokey and schmaltzy geriatric romance, “And So It Goes.” ‘And So It Goes,’ a Geriatric Romance 2014-07-24T04:00:00Z

The closure derailed those plans, but not their romance. For Cross-Border Couples, Plans to Reunite Are Still On Hold 2020-07-07T04:00:00Z

After all, who says romance and comedy go together like a horse and carriage? Romcoms: the end of the affair? 2012-02-11T00:01:00Z

Once upon a time romance began with a chance eyelock from across the bar, a quick flash of a smile, or an accidental-but-not-really graze of the fingers. More talk, less action 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z

But let’s get on with the story, because OK! has lovingly constructed an origins myth for the romance. Prince Harry and Pippa Middleton: the myth behind the confected romance 2015-12-11T05:00:00Z

The one that came just days later cinched a romance that righted wrongs flagrant enough to captivate a nation. After Scandal and Divorce, Jenny Sanford Learns She Can Love Again 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z

While the emotional core of the play is the budding romance between Jeff and Dawn, it takes a back seat in this production, which aims for the head more than the heart. Critic?s Notebook: Reconsidering ?Lobby Hero? by Kenneth Lonergan 2011-11-06T22:45:44Z

It’s a public ritual that sustains the romance that the business of movies isn’t exclusively about product. Film: Oscars? Red Carpet (Parallel Universe) 2011-03-02T12:42:49Z

Onscreen, happily ever after is being rewritten for a generation where romance ranks low on a list of priorities – shows such as Crazy Ex Girlfriend and Fleabag concluded with the female protagonists going it alone. Love Is Blind shows us the problem with the single positivity movement 2020-03-05T05:00:00Z

It's romance rather than sex that is the real key to the book's impact: "a broken man who needs fixing through love – what woman could resist that?" EL James, JK Rowling, Hilary Mantel … the women who dominated publishing in 2012 2012-11-30T22:55:17Z

Along with all the swoon of a new romance, there’s plenty of queer history woven throughout, particularly about post-Stonewall New York City. 15 New Books Coming in June 2021-05-26T04:00:00Z

We don't mind the politics embedded in the romance. it might make it that much sweeter. it has often been said that, "everything is politics." Review: In an Obama Biopic, the Audacity of Hagiography? 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

But children will engage with the romance and the rescue, and the idea that the witch loves Rapunzel so much that she locks her up in a tower and doesn't want to leave her. Carol Ann Duffy's Rapunzel lets her hair down 2013-03-15T14:01:01Z

It might be possible for you to break off the romance with this man while still remaining friends with him. Ask Amy: Girlfriend wants to ditch the guy, keep his friends 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z

The author, Caitlin Dewey, was a senior at Syracuse when her story of an internet romance turned IRL relationship was published. The Modern Love Podcast: Issa Rae Reads ‘Even in Real Life, There Were Screens Between Us’ 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z

“The Bishop’s Wife” is the first adult novel by Mette Ivie Harrison, who has a string of young adult fantasy romances in her bibliography. ‘The Bishop’s Wife,' a Mormon Mystery by Mette Ivie Harrison 2014-12-22T05:00:00Z

Despite frequent sex scenes so explicit it has received an NC-17 rating, “Shame” is a deeply unerotic portrait of Manhattan, replacing the city’s usual romance with an antiseptic chill. Movies: Steve McQueen and Michael Fassbender Team Up in ?Shame? 2011-11-27T05:31:02Z

In interviews he describes his film as a romance, but it’s not the one we think: the real passion here is between the director and his hometown. | 'Bad Posture': Outsiders in Albuquerque 2011-08-12T12:21:45Z

Taken on its own terms, it's a light, sweet, curiously enjoyable misfit romance, whose real star is not Aniston but her magnificently awkward Lothario, Jason Bateman. "The Switch": Jason Bateman steals Jennifer Aniston's spotlight 2010-08-20T00:20:00Z

Some viewers speculated about a possible romance between Perry and Della. Barbara Hale, Who Played Perry Mason’s Loyal Secretary, Dies at 94 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z

"Catfish," which follows a young, media-savvy New Yorker's Internet romance with a far-away girl through a series of increasingly startling revelations, has been playing around the country for several weeks now. Untangling the "Catfish" hoax rumors 2010-10-14T11:01:00Z

Buruma went to Tokyo to find the romance of Japanese culture, and he found it. Coming of Age as Performance Art: An Outsider in 1970s Japan 2018-03-15T04:00:00Z

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A gallant blue-collar widower strikes up an improbable romance with a wealthy, stuck-up heiress betrothed to a cocky himbo who is written expressly to be disliked. ‘Falling for Christmas’ Review: Trip Down Memory Lane 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

This is the unhappy, nightmarish side of America’s romance with alcohol, which led many women’s temperance groups to push for Prohibition. 'Boardwalk Empire' Recap: Happy Days Aren't Here 2014-09-14T04:00:00Z

The Bellingham author delivers two more novels in her romance series about a 19th-century London family named Hathaway. A look at Washington's 2004 governor's race tops this week's books of local interest 2010-07-26T22:56:00Z

Mr. Morris: Well, your romance intersects with history. ArtsBeat Blog: Errol Morris Interviews Stephen King 2011-11-10T14:39:00Z

“James Whelan,” for instance, is a romance of sorts, but a deeply unorthodox one. Resurrecting Teresa Deevy?s Lost Irish Voice 2010-08-06T21:12:00Z

There is no real romance in addiction, but imaginary and from afar. Can Sobriety Be as Interesting as Addiction? A Writer Wonders 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z

Case File: In first-season episode “An Echolls Family Christmas,” Veronica investigates who took the winnings from a poker game and finds plenty of violence, romance and holiday cheer. Clued In: The Top 10 Television Detectives 2012-05-04T10:45:35Z

Time is a constant concern on “Divers”: historical time, space-time, the human life span, and the rise and fall of romances, cities and cultures. With ‘Divers,’ Joanna Newsom Is Clinging to Her Every Word 2015-10-01T04:00:00Z

Through his extensive career, he has lavished emotions on romance: prospective, blissful, lost. Gerard Way Sneers at the Apocalypse, and 12 More New Songs 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

Uncertain whom to trust, Miles navigates a tightening web of intrigues, bicycle chases and romance. The Best New Fantasy Novels 2018-10-05T04:00:00Z

“It’s a romance overwhelming in its intensity, a heart that swells until it has to burst,” the ad read while five golden stars lay atop. Call me by the wrong name: how studios are still trying to straight-wash gay films 2017-11-08T05:00:00Z

Sweet and awkward, hopeful and cringe-inducing, it slows down the arc of a single romance like a frame-by-frame replay of a car crash and asks whether that collision is a disaster or a happy accident. Review: ‘Love’ and ‘Togetherness’ Capture the Arc of the Romantic Pursuit 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

As I see it, when we marry we give up romance by submitting love to the limits of mortality. Going Home with Wendell Berry 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z

What writer of romances doesn’t owe a big debt to the Brontë sisters and Daphne du Maurier? ‘Brian De Palma’s Split-Screen’ review: A long-awaited reassessment 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z

But with its comedy, romance, satanic menace, the spoofing of Stalinism, theological speculation and aerial navigation by a pig, the show offers much to think about and savor. Review | Comedy, romance, satanic menace and a talking cat in Constellation’s ‘The Master and Margarita’ 2019-02-06T05:00:00Z

Sally Rooney’s third novel, “Beautiful World, Where Are You,” addresses issues of fame and global crises, but her work “remains philosophically anchored in the realms of friendship and romance.” Times Critics’ Top Books of 2021 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z

Sarah MacLean reviews romance fiction every month for The Washington Post. Best romance novels of 2016 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z

But the gangster romance is far more dominant in another mob exhibition in town. Museum Review: Mob Museum Opens in Las Vegas 2012-02-14T00:58:51Z

But those who fit his ideal proffered friendship, not romance. 'A Covert Affair': Julia Child and Paul Child in a true spy story 2011-03-23T23:02:03Z

I became a U.S. citizen, but the yearslong process extinguished our romance and we eventually divorced. Telling the Truth Wasn’t an Option 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

"Casablanca", starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, and set in the Moroccan city during World War II, is one of the most enduring romances in American cinema. "Casablanca" Oscar could fetch $3 million at auction 2012-06-25T21:40:38Z

This is a quietly shimmering movie about disillusionment and doomed romance, and Zsigmond’s nighttime exteriors, both alluring and vaguely spooky, foreshadow despair rolling in like like fog. Cinematographer Extraordinaire Vilmos Zsigmond Could Light Up the Night, and the Daytime Too 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z

"Hearts Drawn In The Sand" equates a short-lived summer romance to a fading beach tan. Review: Corbin aims for escapism on latest album 2012-09-17T16:46:04Z

The costumes alone are reason to watch, and for light procedurals and endearing romance, this is tough to beat. After ‘The Good Fight,’ Try ‘The Split’ 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z

Although this book does contain romance between Mila and Hunter, it doesn't dominate the entire story and their platonic yet romantic relationship is left on a cliff-hanger at the very end. MILA 2.0 by Debra Driza 2013-07-09T08:00:00Z

And as for the rise of the romance—with its larger-than-life passions, revolutionary aristocrats, and “nihilistic and untamable” occurrences—maybe we’re living in a romantic age. A Better Way to Think About the Genre Debate 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

Yet, Billie's conflict seems misrepresented as a binary choice between family life and passion — but is her family an inherently separate choice from Brad, and with him, passion and romance? From "Sex/Life" to "Kevin," TV offers new answers to whether women can “have it all” 2021-07-03T04:00:00Z

Hall finds magic in the pauses she creates to evoke 1920s Harlem, accentuating the romance of the place and era with Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou's sparkling piano trills and wide shots of regal brownstones. Thanks to its stars, "Passing" is a masterpiece of subtle expression, rendered in black and white 2021-11-11T05:00:00Z

“While Justice Sleeps” features a spy of sorts and a romance, though, and this seems positively scandalous for the author of eight romance novels: a solitary smooch. And in her spare time, Stacey Abrams wrote a thriller 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

In the years between the two books, the author has married her “eternal teen romance” and had two children; could it be that stability in her personal life has affected her work’s tone? Review | ‘Gods With a Little G’ offers a fresh take on coming of age 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

It is the artist’s passion for her work, not some halfhearted romance, that pulls her through. Influenced by Her Children, Laurie Simmons Exits Her Comfort Zone 2018-04-27T04:00:00Z

Early in the novel, on a business trip to New York, he romances a good-hearted librarian named Eileen. Book World: ‘Midnight in Europe,’ by Alan Furst

Their debut record Souvenirs is full of angelic, yearning vocals that reflect on past romances and experiences. Explorers – New Band Up North #26 2013-05-13T16:00:01Z

"The Tempest," one of Shakespeare's most popular plays, is a romance about magic and the possibility of reconciliation after a grievous wrong. Cornerstone Theater Company gives local flavors to Shakespeare 2014-09-27T04:00:00Z

The book scene here has long been dominated by detective stories and romance novels riven with heavy-handed propaganda, and classic foreign novels like Don Quixote. Reading Gone with the Wind in Pyongyang 2012-10-25T17:00:12Z

You were working with Tab Hunter on producing a movie about his romance with Anthony Perkins in 1950s Hollywood. With ‘In Search Of,’ Zachary Quinto Reprises Another Leonard Nimoy Role 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Fortunately, manufacturers are now in a race to create convincing traditional-style LED bulbs that replicate the romance of early incandescent models. LED Lights That Mimic the Look of Vintage Edison Bulbs 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z

The romance of female friendship is the central drama, with the groom practically relegated to an afterthought. How chick-flicks are breaking the conventions of wedded bliss 2012-06-01T15:30:00Z

“Her,” the new Spike Jonze romance about a man falling for his operating system, has a design scheme that is distinct but subtle. The Carpetbagger: Below the Line: Designing ‘Her’ 2013-12-18T18:30:35Z

“It’s about romance and comedy and two lead characters who are very headstrong, opposites in many ways,” she says. Five-time Tony winner Susan Stroman to revive 'Crazy for You' in L.A. 2017-06-07T04:00:00Z

The idea of togetherness runs through the songs on the album, which suggest we’re all together in a worldwide calamity and tenuously together, on a smaller scale, in romances and families. Critics? Choice: New CDs by the New Pornographers and the Hold Steady 2010-05-02T20:55:00Z

Paranormal romance by a Friday Harbor author, about a radio psychic who can predict tsunamis in a mostly underwater U.S. Local books: Telepathic teens, paranormal romance and the tale of a military wife who moved 21 times 2010-05-24T20:24:00Z

"If you want a perfect romance, just read the letters," she said. Browning, Barrett letters: Devotion goes digital 2012-02-14T14:22:31Z

Is it possible to pack 18 years of romance into one weekend — or a single day? 5 Film Series to Catch in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Open to the chance for romance in the oddest places, the movie is closest in tone to Love, Actually, the multicharacter jaunt in which nearly all involved get their Christmas wishes. 360: A Long Way Around to Find Love 2012-08-03T13:00:56Z

Instead, she leaned heavily on the woozy romance of “Born to Die,” and the songs from her latest — especially “White Mustang” — that evoke a similar mood. Review: Lana Del Rey, a Character No More 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z

Based on Julia Quinn’s romance novel series, it centers on the romantic entanglements of English society’s upper crust and has a multiethnic cast and an anonymous gossip columnist — voiced by none other than Julie Andrews. New this week: ‘Soul,’ a Tom Hanks film & ‘Bridgerton’ on TV 2020-12-21T05:00:00Z

Entranced, Nora tumbles into a greedy, needy romance with each of them independently. Claire Messud’s ‘The Woman Upstairs’: reawakening, infatuation, betrayal 2013-05-08T21:18:30Z

It feels as if this beautiful whirlwind romance is on pause. Love in the time of corona: 'This wasn't how I planned it, but she said yes' 2020-04-12T04:00:00Z

Graham loves nothing more than injecting such banality with romance. Latitude festival roundup: my theatre highs and lows 2011-07-18T15:40:33Z

She stopped to say hello and a friendship blossomed, then a romance. Sparks of Love, Doused by Old Habits 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z

There's no denying that participation-phobes will find plenty to be phobic about: Wills's coerced romance between two audience members is excruciating – and excruciatingly funny. The Boy With Tape on His Face – review 2012-12-21T18:07:35Z

When 12 dancers had charged through the 45-minute "Preludes and Fugues" during a studio run-through at the Baryshnikov Arts Center in Manhattan, the dance located hope, terror, romance, solace and mystery within Bach's rigorous music. Twyla Tharp is marking her 50-year anniversary by looking ahead 2015-09-09T04:00:00Z

Charity, 47, was one who found romance there. The costs of safely reopening a high-end restaurant 2020-06-22T04:00:00Z

Godard revives his love of American genre movies, staging both a bank-robbery and a kidnapping — while riffing on the forbidden romance of old Hollywood melodramas. 9 Great Godard Films to Stream Now 2022-09-13T04:00:00Z

If Chester speaks of romance, Cotton will too. Review: In ‘Chester Bailey,’ a Case of Physician, Shrink Thyself 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z

The status of their romance was divined through the way the nut burned. Halloween foods from history reveal the holiday’s surprising romantic side — and you can try them yo 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z

To what degree – if at all – are we to read the inseparable Roland and Oliver as a reference to the romance of Charlemagne? Wreaking by James Scudamore – review 2013-07-26T09:00:01Z

Together they've made "Insurgent" into less of a youthful romance and more of an action-heavy science fiction story, the kind of rat-a-tat tale that used to star grown-ups before teens ruled the box office. 'Insurgent' smartly gives the Divergent Tris room to run 2015-03-19T04:00:00Z

What were the great romance books or films that influenced how you view love? Simone Ashley Didn’t Think Those Scenes Were Awkward 2022-04-14T04:00:00Z

The "Twilight" movies, of course, have been huge hits, raking in $1.1 billion over two films with romance that tugs at the heartstrings of their mostly young, female audiences. Romantic movies? Not Helen Mirren's cup of tea 2010-07-02T19:16:00Z

Hoping to rekindle the romance someday is not a good answer, especially if your ex has a new romantic partner. How the male fantasy “The Lincoln Lawyer” is “Virgin River” for dads 2022-05-21T04:00:00Z

Harry Hadden-Paton, as the flight lieutenant Teddy, seems to grow in stature as befits the husband united in a “whirlwind” romance with Ms. Miller’s Patricia. Theater Review: Plays That Grapple With Grief in War and Love 2011-03-22T13:00:07Z

Although the lovers struggle to arrange a meeting, the knowledge that they’re based on the playwright’s parents lends an air of inevitability to their romance. Review | Ken Ludwig’s ‘Dear Jack, Dear Louise’ is an affecting love letter to unlikely romance 2019-12-09T05:00:00Z

A portion of any romance is performance, and some portion of any good performance will always be true. This Week in Fiction: Joshua Ferris on the Ease of Self-Sabotage 2016-07-25T04:00:00Z

Yet a certain winsomeness keeps trying to poke through in the Mabel-Roscoe romance. Classic antics of ‘Laugh’ an uphill climb in Beth Henley’s latest 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z

On this couch, Ashley and I were already having fights grievous enough to ensure I would remember this fabric forever, no matter how short our romance proved to be. Keeping This Fluffy, Fragile Beast Alive 2018-11-09T05:00:00Z

There are two basic categories of career romance. In Praise of the ‘Career Romance’ 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z

But chess has fascinated film since the silent era, infiltrating thrillers, romances, comedies, biofilms, documentaries, classy literary adaptations and cartoons. ‘The Queen’s Gambit’ Tries a Risky Play: Betting Chess Can Be Good TV 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z

“Nobody I’ve ever met ran into somebody on the street and started up a romance, so I stayed away from that. My focus was on putting the comedy back into romantic comedy.” His movie scripts were rejected for 40 years. His Christmas film just aired on Lifetime. 2022-12-06T05:00:00Z

Trump said she had brushed aside concerns from a few people in her professional orbit, who worried that a romance novel might dilute her reputation as a sharp political commentator. Mary Trump and E. Jean Carroll Are Collaborating on a Romance Novel. No Politics Allowed. 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

"The romance and the supernatural and the lure of the vampire… all seemed to go over pretty well," he said. The legacy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer 2013-12-24T08:40:49Z

As a result, X-Men became, as Howe put it, “the soapiest soap saga ever put forth by the House of Ideas, filled with agonized romances, self-confidence crises, lectures on morality, psychic scars, and worrying.” How an "X-Men" writer inspired binge-worthy, character-driven TV from "Buffy" to "Game of Thrones" 2019-02-24T05:00:00Z

This is a heaving, complex romance that breaks your heart in all the best ways. Best TV Shows of 2020 2020-12-01T05:00:00Z

Thomas injects the queer paranormal romance genre with a fresh shot of lavishly detailed Latinx culture, blending in Mayan, Mexican, Central American and South American traditions while commenting on cultural appropriation, deportation and class. Young Adult Debuts 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Charlotte is an avid reader of soapy romances, and when we are in her head, it can be a purple storm of banality. A Widow Takes Her Grown Kids on a Cruise. What Could Go Wrong? 2020-02-21T05:00:00Z

But Lars and Austin proved that when what you are like is open to possibility, with a healthy dose of joie de vivre, romance is possible — though perhaps not guaranteed. Date Lab: Can a U2 fan fall for a Justin Timberlake buff? 2018-06-19T04:00:00Z

Unsurprisingly, given that it is the stuff of romance, we tend to romanticise it. Love as a drug: can romance be medically prescribed? 2020-02-09T05:00:00Z

The horrific romance between the deadly Phantom and the ominously named ingénue, Christine Daae, drives the chugging, churning rock motif of blaring horns and organ. Not your granny’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’ at the Kennedy Center 2016-07-08T04:00:00Z

Khoury's romance with a British woman, Helen, is never convincingly fleshed out, and his addiction to painkillers distracts and adds little to his character. September crime fiction: UK authors on the case 2012-09-05T22:53:04Z

“There is always going to be that romance with the American West,” he said. Cable-crime shows explore rural America’s underbelly 2014-02-27T21:15:33Z

They were a couple for much of their early days, but, as with most teen romances, it didn't last. Paramore: no more Misery Business 2013-01-26T06:00:00Z

This International City Theatre production still has the romance, but it does hit the feminist note with earnest conviction. The 99-seat beat: Carl Weathers, hidden figures and political warfare hit L.A.'s small theaters 2017-09-01T04:00:00Z

It can be awkward eating meals alone, especially at a place that blatantly conjures romance. In laid-back Anguilla, Caribbean travelers find the right mix of bistro and beach 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z

Dear Carolyn: My very best friend has had very little luck in the romance department. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A friend who’s making self-destructive romantic decisions 2020-04-16T04:00:00Z

There is no reason “Legacy Falls” can’t be both a touching contemporary romance and an absurdist comedy, but at this point in its development the coexistence is shaky. ArtsBeat: New York Musical Theater Festival Report: ‘Legacy Falls’ 2013-07-26T16:01:37Z

Their screen romance blossoms in one of the most melodramatic movie kisses of the era, with Thornton taking liberties with Danaher as her wild hair and long skirt blow in a howling wind. Maureen O’Hara, smoldering Irish beauty of movie fame, dies at 95 2015-10-24T04:00:00Z

When her Columbia contract finally expired with “The Impatient Years,” a disappointing attempt to recapture the urgent wartime romance of “The More the Merrier,” Arthur immediately fled the lot, never to return. DVD: New on DVD: ?Jean Arthur: Comedy Collection? 2011-11-12T22:03:03Z

So, at the end of my six hours of watching “Harry & Meghan,” I found myself caring far less about their family scandals or even their enviable fairy-tale romance. What ‘Harry & Meghan’ Still Doesn’t Say About Race 2022-12-16T05:00:00Z

Gaga is a best actress nominee for her role in the musical romance “A Star is Born.” Lady Gaga splits with fiance Christian Carino 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z

Women are also hopelessly and permanently prone to contemplate furtive romance and sex — and yes, I changed the order, I know — and the reasons they do so are only marginally less crude, ordinary and inevitable. David Simon: Media’s sex obsession is dangerous, destructive 2012-11-15T02:43:00Z

Instead, it would further a romance with all the elements of a fairy tale. At the Magic Kingdom, a ‘Magical’ Wedding 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z

“That may mean silencing your phone, creating a certain mood, and being intentional and purposeful about making time for romance and reconnection.” For the Asking, Quarantine-Approved Dates 2020-04-04T04:00:00Z

His work is a peek into how Hollywood equates classical beauty with virtue, from Disney romances to James Bond bad guys to comedians making fun of Stephen Bannon’s face. Perspective | Why does Hollywood keep equating beauty with virtue? 2017-05-18T04:00:00Z

In 2017, the romance novella “Tender Wings of Desire” was released. Sexy Colonel Sanders? How the face of KFC became a (kind of weird) sex symbol 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z

Mrs. Dean sometimes read him “true romance” magazines, full of short stories. Walter Dean Myers: Ambassador for Young People?s Literature 2012-01-03T05:00:00Z

Haven is willing to do anything to raise Sera up, a willingness that delivers its own challenge to their romance, as she is skeptical of this new man with his new passion for equal partnership. How Trump killed off my romantic lead 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z

Verses and choruses dominate, and Nic Offer chant-sings, in his testy deadpan, about romance, rancor and the power of pop itself. Playlistjon Pareles: A Symphony on a Chip Packed in a Jewel Box, And Visions of Love 2010-08-29T02:30:00Z

Television shows are also catching up and highlighting South Asian romances in a different way, by building on each character's storyline and elevating their chemistry with others. 9 TV shows that center on South Asian desire, from "Mismatched" to "Starstruck" 2022-05-28T04:00:00Z

Conveniently, the version of Sarah that Rachel impersonates is married to her second husband, and thus any semblance of romance between father and daughter is preempted. 'I Am I,' about a woman's daddy issues, raises ick factor 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z

At least she doesn’t have to hide her obsession with romance anymore. A romance novelist struggled with Asperger’s. Now she writes about love on the spectrum. 2019-07-19T04:00:00Z

Or in her words: “Sex and romance is a huge part of human motivation.” Natalie Dormer – the actor who just can’t keep away from the corsets 2015-08-16T04:00:00Z

Among the music was a touch of romance as festival spokesman Matthew Goldman exchanged vows with Elise Gallinot on the front porch of a shotgun house on the festival grounds. Trombone Shorty, Aaron Neville close Jazz Fest 2013-05-06T01:16:04Z

Des announces that while Drew is reserved he is also passionate about romance. The Bachelorette Watch: James Ain’t A Giant Peach 2013-07-02T15:33:33Z

But with all elective procedures suspended, I found myself without pregnancy hopes or romance. Swiping right in the fertility doctor's office: On pursuing romance and single motherhood at once 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z

His decision came after he finished filming Phantom Thread, a dark romance set in 1950s postwar London which took Director Paul Thomas Anderson two years to research and write. Time to explore world after acting, triple Oscar winner Day-Lewis says 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

As the cast sings in an epilogue, this show is all about “the thrill of the kill — romance, blood, calamity,” adding drolly, “That’s entertainment!” Critic’s Notebook: ‘Peter and the Starcatcher’ and ‘Murder Ballad’ 2013-05-23T02:00:01Z

Her romance is philosophical as well as passionate, archetypal as well as personal; her songs gracefully raise as many conundrums as they answer. New Music: New Albums by Laura Marling, Terence Blanchard, Frankie J and Cecile McLorin Salvant 2013-05-27T21:56:34Z

Picador will publish the tale of online deception and romance in July. Fiction for spring – preview 2012-12-30T00:05:22Z

And it's OK to want, as Christine does, both an artistic career and romance, both to be free of the Phantom but not to harm him. Farewell to “The Phantom of the Opera,” which welcomed outcasts 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z

There's nothing new here: Meyer is no stylist; her characters are predictable; this is really just good old-fashioned romance with a supernatural twist. Melvin Burgess's top 10 books written for teenagers 2010-06-17T13:46:00Z

It’s not a family saga like “The Godfather,” or a geopolitical romance like “Casablanca,” or a technical masterpiece like “Citizen Kane” — just a box-office also-ran about two prison friends. The unlikely greatness of ‘The Shawshank Redemption,’ 25 years later 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z

While “Sylvie’s Love” hinges on a “Paris Blues”-like tension between art and romance, the two are ultimately able to coexist. Jazz Onscreen, Depicted by Black Filmmakers at Last 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z

As romance blooms, the impending sale could undermine everything. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘The Amazing Jonathan Documentary’ and JoJo Siwa 2019-08-17T04:00:00Z

The fantastic “Every Hidden Thing” is a work of historical fiction centered on the Romeo-and-Juliet romance between Rachel Cartland and Samuel Bolt, the teenage children of rival fossil hunters. Y.A. Crossover 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z

And many of his lyrics offer not easy romance but doubt, prayers and pilgrimages. Music Review: Michael Kiwanuka at the Highline Ballroom 2012-06-14T21:40:14Z

Nor is it about rejecting romance as totally unimportant. When being single isn’t a problem to be solved 2014-01-15T23:59:00Z

What It’s About Jenny Rachel Weiner’s new comedy is about what happens when two thirtysomethings, each using phony identities, strike up a romance online. 5 Shows for Under 5 Hamiltons 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z

Sarah MacLean, who reviews romance novels for The Washington Post every month, is the author, most recently, of “Never Judge a Lady By Her Cover.” Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for November 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

Punjabi comedy centring on Shergill's romance with a woman whose scooter he repossesses. The Great Gatsby, Beware Of Mr Baker, Fast And Furious 6: this week's new films 2013-05-18T05:00:09Z

Once Tony-winning musical based on the 2007 indie film about a romance between a Irish street musician and Czech immigrant; for ages 10 and up; children under 5 not admitted. L.A. theater openings, March 13-20: 'Once' and more 2016-03-10T05:00:00Z

The novel also serves as a tribute to cinephiles’ romance of Hollywood’s creative heyday. A novel in love with movies and movie love 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

Neither, as it turns out, though it is essentially a dark romance of sex and power. Movie Review: ‘Augustine,’ by Alice Winocour, Featuring Soko 2013-05-16T21:08:34Z

The mag claimed the two bonded on set a few years ago and recently sparked a romance. Norman Reedus helps kill a rumor he's dating a former 'Walking Dead' costar 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

An injury may get in the way of a budding romance, and old problems between Lexi and chef Mathew come up, leading to a fight. What to watch on Monday: ‘Finding Alice’ on Acorn TV 2021-09-12T04:00:00Z

Love and family life were central themes in both women’s music, and their songs often addressed romance’s place in the quotidian details of life. 2010-01-20T06:50:00Z

The cruel twist of fate is constructed out of nothing, laboriously maneuvered into place and then just left there, an illogical mess dampening all romance. 2010-02-05T18:55:00Z

I prefer sex with straight men because they don’t want romance; with gay men there’s always the possibility that they could get the wrong end of the stick and want something more. My life in sex: the man who sleeps with straight men 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z

The play is “How I Fell in Love,” and it’s a pleasant enough romance. | 'How I Fell in Love': Where Friendship and Love Find Their Common Ground 2011-01-31T22:11:29Z

And yet the romance of swords at sunset or pistols at dawn remains as powerful as ever. The literary history of duels, those absurdly formal fights to the death 2015-07-08T04:00:00Z

The letters weren't only about romance found and lost. Passion for the Ages: Burton's Love Letters to Taylor 2010-06-02T19:15:00Z

They just want to see a lot more love before they believe that this new romance is the real thing. The Vow Is Wow on a Lovely Valentine's Weekend 2012-02-12T21:58:21Z

Adding intellect, insight or real romance are not among the changes. 'The Longest Ride' looks pretty, but looks aren't everything 2015-04-09T04:00:00Z

Our individualistic sentimentalism exalts the wonders of romance, but in many societies, such indulgence is considered a luxury; something people can’t afford to prioritize in forging long-term relationships. Love in the time of layoffs 2012-08-03T20:12:00Z

Together they inspired the composite figure of the exquisite, elegantly remote Duchesse de Guermantes, the muse of Proust’s dreams of chivalric French history, romance and la vie Parisienne. French High Society During the Belle Époque 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

The rest of the film essentially argues that theirs was a true romance. Late-in-life Errol Flynn leers in 'The Last of Robin Hood' 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z

So while Valentine’s Day may be a traditional holiday about romance, there’s nothing accidental about its tendency to hit your pockets. How did Valentine's Day become a huge commercial boom? 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z

Melanie breezily spends her days touring campuses and indulging in first high school romances. ‘Paper Spiders’ Review: Maternal Melodramatics 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z

A possibly stronger counterpoint to the "Queen Charlotte" disclaimer rests not in its insistence that we see its historical fiction but in its classification as a romance above all. She is very brown: "Queen Charlotte" explains how the integrated ton was won, but what is left out? 2023-05-06T04:00:00Z

Their friendship feels real; their romance as unlikely as the food served at Maximal. ‘Always Be My Maybe’ Review: Romance, Food and Fame Through a Sitcom Lens 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z

One of the mainstays of Mariah season, as devotees of Mariah Carey’s Christmas music have christened the holidays, is Christmas movies, from classic comedies to the contrived romances created by the Hallmark Channel. ‘The First Noelle’ Review: All I Want for Christmas Is My Ex 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

Jimmy and Kim have an easy rapport but a complex romance. The Working-Woman Hero of ‘Better Call Saul’ 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

The pair first made their romance public in October when Murdoch planted a kiss on his beloved when they attended the Rugby World Cup final in London. Rupert Murdoch and Jerry Hall Are Engaged 2016-01-12T05:00:00Z

She was dealing with everything that teenagers face: high school, romance, finding an identity. Dodie Can’t Resist Sharing. It’s Made Her Music Soar. 2021-05-04T04:00:00Z

Ephron, who knows what peak romance is to women, writes a perfect love declaration. "When Harry Met Sally" is the perfect fall movie that we need now more than ever 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z

Many romance readers and authors think this clearly violates the requirement for a happy ending. The Latest Romance Novels: Firefighters, Buff Male Nannies, Astronauts and More 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z

Sure, it started as a high school romance, and there was that whole broken engagement, but they were just teens. We Ranked 20 of TV's Favorite Couples by Compatibility 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

“Wuthering Heights” isn’t: it’s a romance, an extension of a form that predates the novel by many hundreds of years. A Better Way to Think About the Genre Debate 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

No mannered accent mars Ms. Stritch’s bone-dry turn as Desirée’s elderly but by no means retiring mother, whose boudoir career in a happier heyday for romance she recounts with relish in the song “Liaisons.” Peters and Stritch in ?A Little Night Music? 2010-08-02T01:58:00Z

Disrespect and exclusion united romance authors in the first place. If the Romance Writers of America can implode over racism, no group is safe 2020-01-26T05:00:00Z

At your age, romance often blooms from friendship. Perspective | Ask Amy: Sexy senior singleton seeks same 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z

That's the black icing on a cake that's already rich with satire, twisted romance and gruesome violence, as our caravanning couple carve a murderous swathe through our nation's more mundane tourist attractions. This week's new films 2012-12-01T00:05:52Z

Soon, Ambyr and Jones, who’s twice her age, begin a romance and we see that, for all his intellectual heft, the celebrated criminologist is clueless in matters of the heart. Caleb Carr’s ‘Surrender, New York’ echoes ‘The Alienist’ in theme if not setting 2016-08-16T04:00:00Z

But that goodwill evaporates quickly once Devi catches wind of romance brewing between Aneesa and Ben, and "pulls a Devi" by selfishly sabotaging the romance. "Never Have I Ever" explores complexity of sharing space among women of color 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z

If you ask Game of Thrones fans, they might say that the show, with all its shifts in power, sudden murders, and heartbreaking romances, is exactly like a soap opera. Game of Thrones: an opera of ice and fire to be performed in New York 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

Despite its enormous popularity, erotic romance is still plagued by ridicule and mocking preconceptions. Gay vampires and bisexual cowboys: why erotica has e-readers to thank 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

The tension of a burgeoning romance is often at the center of K-dramas, as the shows are called, and this is echoed in the slow unfurling of Tom and Jessie’s romance. How Rose Matafeo Shaped the Romance in ‘Starstruck’ 2022-03-31T04:00:00Z

“What we strive to do as romance writers is normalize what people see as attractive and desirable.” Uncommon ground: Beverly Jenkins, diverse romance and American history the way it really happened 2017-06-25T04:00:00Z

Nowadays, in the West at least, they typically symbolize positive emotions — the red-rose passion of romance or the soothing lily-white of condolences — though there are exceptions, like oleander, which is beautiful but highly poisonous. Revisiting the Posy in Our Current Moment 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z

This slice-of-life comedy/drama/romance begins with the routines of Carol's life that are about to be disrupted. 'Dreams' lulls young and old through life with grace and truth 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z

It really wouldn’t be Christmas without a bunch of saccharine, low-budget original films that almost always seem to involve both death and a romance. From “A Royal Christmas” to “Merry Inkmas”: Your guide to the hellscape of Christmas-themed programming 2014-12-14T05:00:00Z

The hymnlike “Tremendous Damage” mourns his father’s death, while in “She Hates Me,” with Kid Cudi groaning the chorus, Big Boi’s romance crumbles because, among other things, “I’m always at the studio.” New Music: Big Boi’s ‘Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors,’ and Lifehouse 2012-12-10T23:17:11Z

Whether or not May-to-December romances are good for their participants, they may be good for humanity as a whole. Whatever Works: could Woody Allen's age-gap plots help prolong life? 2010-06-28T11:34:00Z

But the romance of boat life has always attracted a disparate crowd, the original hipster artists – musicians, actors, writers. Ten years living on a boat: 'It's a fun life – I'm not a watery hobo' 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z

The third chapter in Summit Entertainment's vampire romance fell off sharply after debuting last Wednesday with $68.5 million. 'Twilight' falls sharply but makes it to $161M 2010-07-04T17:12:00Z

She was a three-time state champion swimmer at Stillwater Area High School in Minnesota, and said she turned to sweets for solace after a failed romance and gained the weight over several years. Social media erupt over 'Biggest Loser': How much is too much? 2014-02-06T14:49:47Z

The summer romance began to change her thinking. The Summer Romance That Never Ended 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z

Valentine’s Day, Feb. 14, is a day for romance. 18 love songs, movies and more to set a Valentine’s Day mood 2014-02-13T01:20:35Z

Williams, a  veteran of the Iraq war, writes of the romance and difficulties in her marriage to another veteran, Brian McGough, who suffers from a brain injury and PTSD. 25 essential books for Memorial Day 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z

Until recently, those who studied the rise of hookup culture had generally assumed that it was driven by men, and that women were reluctant participants, more interested in romance than in casual sexual encounters. Sex on Campus: She Can Play That Game, Too 2013-07-12T20:23:14Z

The men’s friends also believed that the stars of romance had aligned. At the Opera, a Losing Battle Against Romance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

It doesn't happen, ever, except in fictitious time-travel partly historical romance novels. ‘Outlander’ Season 3, Episode 8: The Secret Revealed 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z

Mathis once claimed that he never experienced a lasting romance beyond a few months. Johnny Mathis, the voice of the ’50s, was always ahead of his time. Now he’s ready to talk about it. 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

But Rimsky-Korsakov’s romance “Summer Night’s Dream,” the work that followed on the program, in which a woman tells of the wondrous young man who visited her in a dream, is hardly less operatic. Anna Netrebko Summons the Intensity of Russian Romances 2016-02-29T05:00:00Z

Their nine-year partnership gave his music the glow of earthly romance. Accessing a Place Of Shaggy Wildness 2011-05-14T04:00:07Z

Ophüls’s film, even unseen, points to the origins of war in romance, to the roots of politics in personal relationships. Max Ophüls’s “From Mayerling to Sarajevo” 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z

The candy-coated holiday as we know today really found its stride with the Victorians and their obsession with two things: romance and industrialization. The Victorian origins of the heart-shaped chocolate box 2023-02-14T05:00:00Z

Historical romance by a Bellevue writer, about a princess and a Scottish Templar knight searching for the Ark of the Covenant. Local-interest books of week include thriller, poetry, picture book 2010-06-14T22:50:00Z

Says Kahn, who also helped launch a Web site on popular romance, “This is a large, devoted group of female readers, and no one takes them seriously.” Heaving bosoms and joyous endings conquer Capitol Hill 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

In fact, any identification with Roth, with whom Halliday once shared a romance, seems there for the reader’s delight and plucking. Review | A former lover of Philip Roth has published a novel about a writer like Philip Roth 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z

“The comedies being more comedic, the romances being really sweet and beautiful, docs that really enrage you,” adding, “I get the sense of independent filmmakers trying to make sense of the world.” Sundance: Slate includes Sarah Silverman as addict, Jemaine Clement as dad 2014-12-03T05:00:00Z

Theirs was a whirlwind romance, filled later on with long separations. Two Marines, Taking Semper Fi to Another Level 2017-12-08T05:00:00Z

Set on the 4th of July near the end of World War II, "Talley's Folly" is the story of an unlikely middle-age romance between two people trying to overcome their emotional baggage and find love. Sarah Paulson leaves TV cruelty to do a NYC play 2013-03-01T17:46:05Z

Set in a world a stone's throw from our own, it charts the failed romance of a man employed to "ratchet down" his company's efficiency, in an alternate reality of ingenious comic inversions. Latitude theatre review: marquees and mash-ups 2013-07-22T16:41:20Z

There followed the obligatory celebrity girlfriends: Fab and Drew Barrymore were together for five years and in 2009 Albert's romance with model Agyness Deyn was memorialised in a Valentine's Day spread for Vogue. The Strokes: no Spinal Tap 2011-02-27T00:03:00Z

But introduce a rock band into a romance, and the effect can be transformative. What It's Like to Make a Movie With an All-Female Crew 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

Some might think a romance between a parent and child is not healthy. I got pregnant by mistake. Was I ready for single motherhood? 2020-06-20T04:00:00Z

Enter Marianne and Connell, an unlikely pair slipping in and out of friendship and romance as they make the transition from their final year of high school in quaint Carricklea to Dublin’s Trinity College. Review | At 28, Sally Rooney has been called the voice of her generation. Believe the hype. 2019-04-16T04:00:00Z

The books are mysteries, quests, horror stories, pulp fiction, bildungsroman, romances, school stories, sports stories and serials. Harry Potter and the end of a pop-culture phenomenon 2011-07-12T18:59:01Z

Maybe some people — in search of a quiet getaway — might view the presence of so many kids bearing hockey sticks as diminishing the romance. Searching for a River to Skate Away On 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

Among the immense themes — we’re dealing with nothing less than good vs. evil here, folks — the author manages a delicate blossom of romance with a marvelously light touch. Review | Philip Pullman returns to the world of ‘His Dark Materials’ with ‘The Secret Commonwealth’ 2019-10-21T04:00:00Z

Next month, TLC will show "The Queen," a new two-hour special that explores romance, weddings and divorce among members of Queen Elizabeth II's family. TLC plans week of royal wedding specials, coverage 2011-01-19T13:31:04Z

The kinds of trumped-up romance novels you see on the shelf at Barnes & Noble are meager things indeed to the savvy reader. Gay vampires and bisexual cowboys: why erotica has e-readers to thank 2015-06-28T04:00:00Z

When Lucy is diagnosed with a brain tumor, she and Hunter embark on an unexpected romance. Review | With ‘Double Blind,’ Edward St. Aubyn tasks himself with a formidable challenge 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Friendship and romance provide the escape and a different reality for Felix and her young companions in an unflinching and thrilling story which captures the chaos, action, moral choices and curious romance of war. Children's fiction prize book club: A World Between Us by Lydia Syson 2013-06-24T11:22:00Z

This combination of small-town heroine and cosmopolitan hero is a romance trope that speaks to readers. Nacho Figueras to help market a new line of polo romance novels 2015-11-13T05:00:00Z

As much as this movie is about a bad romance, it’s also about what happens after Julie walks away. What to Stream on Valentine’s Day 2020-02-13T05:00:00Z

Of course, there’s another great romance going on, and to help develop and share this story, Allen was ably assisted by legendary DP Gordon Willis. Top 10 Post-B&W Era B&W Movies 2011-11-29T14:37:43Z

Erotic romance’s electronic sales are many times greater than its print sales, and the genre didn’t really take off until the eBook became popular with the Kindle around 2010. “People are at their most vulnerable when they’re naked together”: The rise of erotic romance 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z

Last week's champ, the teen romance movie "The Fault in Our Stars," is expected to add $25 million to its total. Sequel battle! Loesch to exit Hub. Univision owners look for exit. 2014-06-13T04:00:00Z

For Ms. Schaefer, going to the ball field was an early sign of her commitment to the romance. The One Was Actually ‘Number 30’ 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z

So make that “Steve,” because as viewers of “Catfish” know, online romance shrouded in mystery rarely ends well. ArtsBeat: ‘Catfish’ and the Truth About Our False Online Selves 2013-06-26T13:00:25Z

However over the top, “Underground” is forcing us to consider that, for slaves, love, romance, family, mental health and life itself were always under pressure from the weight of injustice. Review | Want to know what revolution looks like? Watch ‘Underground.’ 2017-03-07T05:00:00Z

The film, which proved triumphant at last night’s Critics Circle awards, is a mournful romance about the relationship between jazz pianist Ryan Gosling and aspirant actor Emma Stone. Golden Globes 2017: La La Land leads pack with seven nominations 2016-12-12T05:00:00Z

Virginia goes first, concocting a story -- or maybe it’s the truth -- about her first romance. 'Masters of Sex' recap: What's a man? Bill reveals traumatic past 2014-07-28T04:00:00Z

This didn’t look logical at all, more like a sudden elopement after an inflamed whirlwind romance. Critical Shopper: A Momentary Escape From Reason 2011-03-16T18:15:33Z

“Dancing to you all night long/you’re a new song,” they sing, capturing the infatuation of music merged with romance. The Playlist: BigBang Prepares for a Split and 2 Chainz Steals the Spotlight 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z

The story of an ambitious young reporter as she struggles to balance work, family and romance after being diagnosed with leukemia, "Chasing Life" is chock-full of fine performances and smart writing. Some good work, even if 'Chasing Life' races to the ridiculous 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z

It's an unscripted romance show with an unspoken element of competition, with newly minted couples sizing each other up and wondering who's "good" and who's doomed. Why is the third season of "Love Is Blind" so disappointing? Because we seen its type before 2022-11-26T05:00:00Z

The story seemed to begin innocuously — a tale of a White House romance, delivered in gossipy style, with the help of paparazzi who caught the attractive staffers canoodling around town. The story behind the story: How the Rob Porter scandal broke 2018-02-18T05:00:00Z

When I say everything, I read everything: children’s literature, Y.A., science fiction, fantasy, romance — I read it all. Jesmyn Ward: By the Book 2017-08-31T04:00:00Z

But when one half of the relationship is white, growing diversity in publishing and more authors of color writing romances which reflect their experiences have led to my new favorite trope: the White Boyfriend. Writing the White Boyfriend: How today's love stories are revising interracial romance tropes 2022-08-21T04:00:00Z

When the canoodling starts and Ruth gets wind of their decorous romance, the onset of war becomes the least of Sophie’s problems. Review: ‘Sophie and the Rising Sun’ Has Forbidden Love in a Foreboding Time 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

He develops feelings for her mother, Mrs Yu, originally from Taiwan, taking her to see films and their romance develops through movies seen on the big screen. Filmmaker Yonfan sends Hong Kong a love letter in 'No. 7 Cherry Lane' 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z

The romance between Harriet and Winsor, after some initial flame, fails to generate much heat, and the ultimate resolution of her romantic troubles seems hasty. Books of The Times: Stella Tillyard?s ?Tides of War,? Napoleonic Novel - Review 2011-12-21T21:56:44Z

But that conjures up visions of epic romances. When a girl meets a guy and they make pizza pie, that’s amore 2020-02-10T05:00:00Z

The romance is believable, and you actually are rooting for the leads to work it out. TV's first crop of queer Christmas movies range from saccharine fun to superficial flops 2020-12-13T05:00:00Z

As is the pivotal romance: Arturo is a dolt and Flora a cipher. Review: ‘The Mafia Kills Only in Summer’ Is a Comical Look at the Mob 2015-03-05T05:00:00Z

What follows is a near-perfect romance, with love unlocking both characters, until they are remarkably changed for the better. Review | Here’s one way to celebrate Valentine’s Day: Read five of the most romantic romance novels 2019-02-12T05:00:00Z

“I’ve watched myself over many years give up a lot of things because I’m in relationships,” she said, describing herself as “oddly subservient” in romance. Sarah Silverman Wants to Pop Your Bubble 2017-10-04T04:00:00Z

The semi-retired gynecologist and newbie romance reader who writes medical thrillers on the side picked up the first "Fifty Shades" to see for himself "what all the hullabaloo was about." Men are fans, too, of `Fifty Shades of Grey' 2012-04-26T12:49:08Z

Do yourself a favor and look in on Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in this classic 1942 romance. Monday TV Picks: The classic 'Casablanca' on TCM 2011-02-11T23:25:11Z

And Legend’s fiery piano-led performance of the track, a warm-up of sorts for Wednesday's show, served as a reminder that musicians -- particularly soul singers -- used to stand for something more than scoring a late-night romance. John Legend teases Marvin Gaye show, talks Ferguson unrest 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

And while the plot about the dying girl does move faster, this gradually unfolding romance will be what really fires your imagination. | 'Buddy Cop 2': Debate Society?s Offbeat Play Has Chemistry 2010-06-03T22:23:00Z

Those memories of a special vintage, the connection to a particular wine or place, the forgotten romance: They’re not in the bottle. How our individual experience flavors the wine in our glass 2015-01-22T05:00:00Z

Now divorced and on the prowl, David also spends an episode on a date, but, of course, it's not quite a spectacular romance. Larry David's back with Season 8 of 'Curb Your Enthusiasm' 2011-07-08T18:47:04Z

Remixing a biblical form for these tales of thwarted romance is not a purely stylistic choice but an intentional one that elevates everyday black men and women to the importance of biblical figures. Review | For many writers, Zora Neale Hurston’s work has been a guiding light. Now there’s even more to read. 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z

A glossy Bollywood college romance with a competitive edge. This week's new films 2012-10-12T23:05:33Z

Not only do we bear witness to the beginning of Romeo and Juliet's doomed romance, but were also lucky enough to see Mercutio perform a rather special number. What a swell party it was 2013-01-16T17:31:29Z

Symbolizing death and decay but also life and growth; the ideal setting for romance or a character’s worst day, rain is one of literature’s great workhorses. Woody Allen’s romanticized rain (and Hemingway, and Toni Morrison and James Joyce) 2015-05-03T04:00:00Z

“World” is a punchy dark comedy, with episodes running about twenty minutes, while “Innocents” is a supernatural romance, slick but sincere, with a prestige-TV gloss and a pop sensibility. “The Innocents,” Reviewed: Teen Lovers on the Run in a Young-Adult “Westworld” 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z

Sakti Burman mines childhood memory and medieval romance for dreamy paintings of flying elephants and Dalí, while Jogen Chowdhury conjures a disorienting nightmare in his drawing of a man and his monstrous "other". This week's new exhibitions 2010-07-30T23:06:00Z

Great; exactly what the world needs, more pathetic gothic romance! Skulduggery Pleasant: The DeathBringer by Derek Landy - review 2012-05-17T08:00:00Z

It’s a comedy grappling with race, religion, money and, no doubt, some mercenary romance. Amélie, Big Daddy, Hedwig: Familiar names hit SoCal stages this fall 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z

This week’s issue is all about pleasure reading — from the history of sex toys to a roundup of romance novels. Notes From the Book Review Archives 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z

I have apologized to David for not allowing him the whirlwind early romance that he deserved. He Cared About Me, So I Broke Up With Him 2021-11-19T05:00:00Z

“I thought it was important to maintain a balance,” he said, referring to the way “Hacksaw Ridge” incorporates romance, visceral battle scenes and religion. ‘Hacksaw Ridge,’ a Gory War Movie for Both Hawks and Doves 2016-10-26T04:00:00Z

Instead we get a number called “What Do You Know About Love?” to introduce the romance between Anna and Kristoff. Review: A Darker ‘Frozen,’ With Glints of Ice and Murk 2017-09-15T04:00:00Z

Jordan Collins is struggling to keep his romance book club afloat. Perspective | Need to laugh out loud? These hilarious romance novels will do the trick. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z

He concentrated unwaveringly on getting the most out of his initial style, romancing the soft bean shapes of his early paintings into gardens and armies of fully dimensional stone. Art Review: Calder and Tanguy, Together Again at L&M Arts 2010-05-13T21:39:00Z

This surreal Hungarian romance is nominated for best foreign film at the Oscars. What’s on TV Friday: Nas and ‘Strike Back’ 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

I don’t think that romance is on the decline — people are not tired of that. Daniel Radcliffe Does Not Find Tinder Addictive At All 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z

Smith, who currently stars in the AMC TV reality series “Comic Book Men,” earned critical praise for his satires on suburbia, romance and religion. Filmmaker Kevin Smith suffers ‘massive heart attack’ 2018-02-26T05:00:00Z

The museum has since attracted more than a million visitors a year, but the story it told was a simplified, self-celebratory romance. ‘Nation to Nation,’ at Museum of the American Indian 2014-10-21T04:00:00Z

As for romance, Gawker ran an item a few years ago linking him to Ivanka Trump, before she was with Jared Kushner of The New York Observer. Public Offerings — High-Tech, High-Worth Bachelors 2012-06-07T21:30:36Z

She’s also reflecting on how dissatisfied she felt in past romances, especially with the expectations for how men and women are supposed to act. Miley Cyrus: 'You Can Just Be Whatever You Want to Be' 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z

In a certain kind of man, romance is an addiction he can never kick. Oscar's Big Secret: Love and Death in Argentina 2010-04-25T02:35:00Z

Their mild bickering and bland bantering wink at rom-com tropes without revising or deepening them; their romance is utterly devoid of substance and surprise. “Ant-Man and the Wasp” Should Have Been the “Godfather: Part II” of Superhero Movies 2018-07-04T04:00:00Z

Fans of time travel and Scottish romance rejoice! 'Outlander' will get second season on Starz 2014-08-15T04:00:00Z

The intrusion of death’s messenger into this teasing romance poses no problem for contemporary audiences who have grown accustomed to comedies taking twisted turns. Shakespeare's 'Love's Labor's Lost': Kathleen Marshall directs a winner at the Old Globe 2016-08-22T04:00:00Z

I was having a romance with a supermodel and writing songs about that. Billy Joel’s Got a Good Job and Hits in His Head 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z

The husband and wife who earn their living before the footlights in this backstage romance are striking poses and reaching for effects even when their only audience is a hand mirror. | 'The Guardsman': In the Berkshires, Revisiting Molnar?s ?Guardsman? 2010-07-19T21:49:00Z

Every tale about close bonds between women are, in a very real way, romances. "Broad City": Breaking out, not breaking up 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

What began for Paul as an excitingly transgressive romance devolves into a grueling effort to rescue the woman he loves from depression and alcoholism. Review | If Flaubert reimagined ‘Cougar Town,’ this is the novel we might get 2018-04-16T04:00:00Z

She said their romance had rekindled in the six months since his release. Suspect's fiancee: 'My heart just dropped' 2011-11-11T12:52:00Z

The book examines grief, friendship and romance — including the complicated relationship between the two female protagonists. Review | How ‘The Outsiders,’ ‘Harry Potter’ and ‘The Hunger Games’ transformed YA fiction 2018-12-24T05:00:00Z

What they wanted was something similar in tone to the later "Harry Potter" films with their older teen appeal, elements of romance and hardcore action. 2010-01-11T02:35:00Z

Much like Green-Wood Cemetery and Woodlawn that were established in the mid-19th century, this new Trinity Cemetery was meant to be a peaceful park with a little more romance than the sober churchyards downtown. Manhattan’s art of the dead 2012-07-12T21:18:00Z

Rubinos refracts these sounds through an electronic prism, reshaping them as soundtracks for imagined romances and deaths in the 21st century. How Xenia Rubinos Freed Herself on a New Album, ‘Una Rosa’ 2021-10-12T04:00:00Z

“The Buried Giant” reverses that formula, using the structure of a medieval romance to explore the moral and psychological themes we’re used to seeing addressed by the realistic novel. Dragons aside, Ishiguro’s “Buried Giant” is not a fantasy novel 2015-03-02T05:00:00Z

“Blank Space” gets ready for a romance that is “gonna be forever, or it’s gonna go down in flames,” and goes on with cynical anticipation: “Wait, the worst is yet to come.” Battle of the Sexes at the iHeartRadio Concert at Madison Square Garden 2014-12-13T05:00:00Z

“Modern watches still don’t hold the romance of the golden age of adventure that their mechanical forebears did,” Mr. Heston said. A Personal Trainer You Can Wear on Your Wrist 2011-12-09T14:55:29Z

And as a quest for revenge feeds much of the action, so does the kind of smoldering attraction great romances are made of — something Spencer relished. In ‘The English,’ Emily Blunt and Chaske Spencer Saddle Up 2022-11-10T05:00:00Z

The “12 Years a Slave” director will get the opening night slot for the 1980s-set music romance “Lovers Rock” in addition to two other premieres for films in his anthology series. Steve McQueen sets 3 premieres at New York Film Festival 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z

The book takes us through his many stabs at romance, which tended to end badly. Bruce Springsteen’s Memoir: Riding Shotgun With the Boss 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z

But it does bring the perils of presenting a culturally specific version of the practice in a romance reality series format with little to no expository context into sharp relief. Remember, "Indian Matchmaking" is as much of a entertainment fable as all of romance reality 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

The accelerated courtship the contestants experience made her realize the importance of focusing on “non-negotiables” at the start of any romance, instead of worrying about “things that don’t matter, like leaving the toilet seat up.” How Married ‘Bachelor’ Couples Make It Work. Yes, Some Are Still Together. 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

Before romance, tragedy and the ordinary pains of growing up complicate matters, they are an inseparable if not always harmonious troupe. ‘Little Women’ Review: This Movie Is Big 2019-12-23T05:00:00Z

There she meets Rodolfo, a charming but complex former naval officer in his 60s, who sweeps her off her feet in a whirlwind romance that Gloria believes may turn into something permanent. Chilean film "Gloria" cheered at Berlin festival 2013-02-10T12:49:58Z

Four wheels, a classic body and beautiful countryside made a magical weekend back in the days of roadsters and romance. In Transit Blog: The Race (the Mille Miglia) Is On in Rome 2012-05-17T22:00:05Z

But this marriage of convenience has become a genuine romance. Spare Times for Children for Oct. 23-29 2015-10-22T04:00:00Z

Their full-bodied voices are as honed and sculpted as the abs of any romance novel’s cover model. Review | What does passion sound like? How five audiobook actors talk sexy. 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

The man who sends you flowers might be a guy who is simply making the least imaginative gesture, or he might be a guy who is trying very hard to romance you. Perspective | Ask Amy: Wife doesn’t want husband to say it with flowers 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Similarly, Think Like a Man both mocks and genuflects before the ensemble romances that came before it. Think Like a Man: Men and Women Behaving Bedly 2012-04-19T17:07:29Z

If you’ve ever harbored the desire to do the splits, this desire probably left you around age 13, eclipsed by equally brutal preoccupations like romance or acne. So, You Say You Want to Do the Splits? 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

The video is based on classic Hollywood romances like Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, as well as classic movies like The African Queen, Out of Africa and The English Patient, to name a few. 'Wildest Dreams' Director Defends New Taylor Swift Video 2015-09-02T04:00:00Z

The 90-minute performance of American Idiot shuns the usual Broadway fare of romance, love rivalry and sing-along show tunes for a punky, loud, guitar-based story of urban hell and suburban purgatory. Green Day spice up Broadway with sex, drugs and punk 2010-04-17T23:08:00Z

It says to the audience, I don’t know if this romance has still got what it needs to happen again. The Pixies Motor On, Without Their Longtime Bassist 2013-09-03T12:23:10Z

“And we all need a bit of romance.” A Fairy-Tale Wedding, Castle Included 2016-06-30T04:00:00Z

Hoping for an endless stream of schmaltzy romance movies? Celebrate the Holidays With These TV Marathons 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

It’s a challenge, particularly for the voice actors who record romance novels. Review | What does passion sound like? How five audiobook actors talk sexy. 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

Under a flowering cherry-blossom tree, I stood romanced by a re-created bamboo teahouse with a handmade bird’s nest in the middle. One thing can get a buttoned-up millennial feminist to praise Las Vegas: Britney Spears 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z

Basically, it means that his experiences are given the stylings of a different type of cinema, from noir to romance and war movie. Westworld recap: season 3, episode 5 – panic on the streets of LA 2020-04-13T04:00:00Z

Good grief, Hawaii is for romance; a get away for two. Vacation Sabotage: Don’t Let It Happen to You! 2012-06-29T04:00:00Z

But as a poem going on display this week for the first time makes clear, there was more to the marriage than a conventional fairytale romance. Vita Sackville-West's erotic verse to her lover emerges from 'intoxicating night' 2013-04-29T20:24:24Z

Her romances over the years included a football legend, a billionaire publisher and a Mexican lawyer. Elizabeth Taylor was prolific as a bride 2011-03-23T15:05:13Z

Here he's a PR consultant battling workplace drama and romance. NBC and Fox unveil trailers for new series 2011-05-17T12:01:00Z

“When I first wrote the story, ‘Twilight’ had become popular and all of the young-adult stories I could find were paranormal romances,” Ms. Reekles said. It’s the Movie Hit of the Summer: Why ‘The Kissing Booth’ Clicked 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

The collective memory of 1968 is a blend of romance and apocalypse, nostalgia and trauma. Dystopia, Apocalypse, Culture War: 2018 or 1968? 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z

Something sweet, for Valentine's Day For all those thinking about romance today, here's a cinematic chocolate drop, courtesy of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the 1934 movie "The Gay Divorcee." Something sweet, for Valentine's Day 2011-02-14T19:51:16Z

Why you shouldn't: Do you really want to encourage nauseating screen romances? Strictly Come Dancing: who will make the final? 2010-12-10T14:50:00Z

If all young actors want is to star in romances, what do they need to learn kung fu for? Three Cheers for a Portly Kung Fu Master 2010-07-01T17:00:00Z

The Mimi-Harry romance proceeds swimmingly, but it also sweeps before it much of the novel's initial, mercurial appeal. Mimi by Lucy Ellmann – review 2013-02-15T08:01:01Z

Silver Linings – once a dark comedy, then a sensitive drama – is now a redemptive romance. Oscars 2013: can Silver Linings Playbook save the day for Harvey Weinstein? 2013-02-21T17:00:00Z

It also provides the rather pleasing spectacle of Roberts, an Oscar-winning actor and star of some of the sappiest romances ever committed to celluloid, serenely pivoting to the small screen. Pretty risky: Has Julia Roberts’s move from Hollywood to TV drama Homecoming worked? 2018-10-27T04:00:00Z

"It's an adult relationship that may cross lines, but at its heart, it's about friendship, not romance." USA Network is hoping for gold with its event series 'Dig' 2015-01-02T05:00:00Z

“It can be hard to make a romance section financially viable because every bit of shelf space counts.” Perspective | Stop dissing romance novels already 2017-08-07T04:00:00Z

But faced with the chance For some no-strings romance, I suspect most would give it a spin. Style Invitational Week 1088: Our winning F-word limericks! (No, not that F-word.)

Though it is tempting to fold in bands like the Beach Boys, who often sang about surfing, surf rock was wet and gnarly and unconcerned with romance or sweetness. Dick Dale, the Inventor of Surf Rock, Was a Lebanese-American Kid from Boston 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z

A political season that has made for hot debates in the public arena has also seeped into private lives, complicating friendships, marriages, romances and relationships among family members. He Likes Trump. She Doesn’t. Can This Marriage Be Saved? 2016-08-13T04:00:00Z

But again, no expectations of romance nor best friendship, but it would be a really good time to see her again. Date Lab: Where will a discussion of white privilege, politics lead? 2015-09-08T04:00:00Z

The consummation of their dewy-eyed affair is filmed with the same candlelit filter applied to the covers of romance novels. ‘Firebird’ Review: Square Jaws and Cold Shoulders 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z

Third place belonged to vampire romance movie "The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn: Part 1" with $7.9 million. Early "New Year's Eve" wins weekend box office 2011-12-11T16:52:58Z

It was a romance that fueled an intense artistic collaboration. Jess, Robert Duncan: a collaboration both romantic and artistic 2014-09-20T04:00:00Z

These questions, not so much cynical as realistic, connect “Love” on Netflix and “Togetherness” on HBO, a pair of bittersweet candy hearts about romance among the Los Angeles creative class. Review: ‘Love’ and ‘Togetherness’ Capture the Arc of the Romantic Pursuit 2016-02-18T05:00:00Z

I headed into a world for which my previous life had never prepared me — a degree in secular, foreign literatures and romances of my own choosing. Sins of a good Mormon boy 2012-09-14T23:30:00Z

He may be old and in failing health, but he's still sympathetic to the way romance motors life along. Top-notch 'Stupid ... Bird' zings with audacity 2014-07-02T04:00:00Z

"We found that adults 60 and older reported losing more money to romance scammers than any other form of fraud in 2020." FTC warns of increase in romance scams, especially targeting older adults 2021-10-21T04:00:00Z

Year 7: On the journey to find the horcruxes, Harry and Hermione become closer, but it doesn't develop into a romance. Harry Potter's Hermione is all grown up 2011-07-08T16:35:00Z

Fun was certainly a regular ingredient, but so too were elegance, musicality, romance, wit and serious glamour. Tango Stars Perform at Dardo Galletto Studios 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Like those movies, “Augustine” is a love story, but not in the conventional sense and not only because the romance violates an obvious ethical taboo. Movie Review: ‘Augustine,’ by Alice Winocour, Featuring Soko 2013-05-16T21:08:34Z

Unlike, say, crime or western or romance, with a thriller there’s no hint at what will happen, or where it will happen, or whom it will happen to. An Elegant, Ice-Cold Thriller Served Straight Up With a Twist 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z

Apart from comfort and camaraderie, there were also romance and lust. In the face of hostility at Chicago gay bars, two Black lesbians create their own 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z

It's a voice that is not remotely deceived by the romance or innocence of rapture. New band of the day – Wardell (No 1,480) 2013-03-27T17:04:22Z

In the futuristic “Arlington,” a prisoner and the man monitoring her attempt a subversive romance. What’s New in NYC Theater 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z

To maintain the peace, this secret romance between mother and son must continue, as silly as it seems. Empire: season two, episode seven – True Love Never 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z

Despite this lyricism, Wood, the British author of an award-winning short-story collection, never strays into romance or whimsy. ‘Weathering’ review: A haunting debut set in the British countryside 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z

To play the game of engaging history in our imagination, we must stand and sweat, hung over from our perpetual night of naiveté and romance. Aztec and European empires collide in the strange and bloody 'Sudden Death' by Álvaro Enrigue 2016-02-05T05:00:00Z

Censors are unlikely to permit such scenes for Malaysian audiences, who are accustomed to bland, generic comedies and romances. Gay-themed film challenges boundaries in Malaysia 2010-04-08T07:01:00Z

His answer was to charm the socks off audiences with a simple tale of old Hollywood romance. Making France's "Intouchables" bankable in the U.S. 2012-05-25T20:32:10Z

"I like those stories that capture the brutality of life but there's still some kind of melancholy romance," she explains. Karen Elson 2010-05-15T23:05:00Z

He views “with romance” the days when bus tokens had holes and he had to call on the land line to reach his friend Philip. From Punk Band to Portraits for a King to Gagosian: Honor Titus Breaks Out 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z

That summer, over burgers in the East Village, they rekindled their romance. A Slow Burn Through All the Highs and Lows 2021-08-20T04:00:00Z

The songs from “Blood on the Tracks” are artfully multifaceted: romances, travelogues, tall tales, parables and possibly memories, all at once. On ‘More Blood, More Tracks,’ Familiar Bob Dylan Songs Cut Closer to the Bone 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

As much as any image, the picture of Mendonsa and Friedman has defined American perception of romance. Perspective | Don’t blame MeToo for ruining the most iconic kiss in history. The photo was never romantic. 2019-02-20T05:00:00Z

"We call it almost an ethical romance," Dowse said. 'What If's' Daniel Radcliffe, Michael Dowse try to elevate the rom-com 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

The couple divorced after nine years, growing apart but remaining good friends, whereupon Khan returned to London and embarked on a passionate romance with the actor Hugh Grant. T Magazine: The Unlikely Activist 2013-05-29T15:00:48Z

But just when it seems the romance might be playing second fiddle to the sport, Max and Callie emerge as a complicated, messy, believable match. All’s Well That Ends Well: Fall Romance Novels 2019-10-03T04:00:00Z

He maintained a romance with music even as he interrogated his own place in the industry, and most importantly to me as a fan, he wasn’t afraid to be sentimental. Saying goodbye to Marc Spitz: Author, critic, playwright and true believer in rock & roll 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z

Our last discourse-conquering sex movie, “Fifty Shades of Grey,” was “9 ½ Weeks” recast as a ludicrous girlish romance — an affair that really did feel like a pottery class. When the Master of the Erotic Thriller Fails to Thrill 2022-03-30T04:00:00Z

Her book unfolds the romance between Alice, an aspiring writer, and Ezra, a charming, geriatric novelist. One Year of #MeToo: “He Said, She Said” Is a Literary Problem, Too 2018-10-10T04:00:00Z

If "Wild Mountain Thyme" isn't really about anything deeper than its own forced sense of romance, the film comes dangerously close to self-awareness whenever its characters start musing about the double-edged nature of their dreams. "Wild Mountain Thyme" review: John Patrick Shanley delivers the year’s most demented rom-com 2020-12-14T05:00:00Z

True to its name, Sunshine Out of the Rain sets a troubled romance to guitars that glimmer like sunlit pools. House of Love: She Paints Words in Red – review 2013-03-21T22:00:02Z

Her mother buries herself in her work editing romance novels, and Giovanna becomes more and more involved with the people in Vittoria’s part of town, including a rough character with a yellow convertible. Review | Elena Ferrante returns with ‘The Lying Life of Adults,’ and fans of the Neapolitan novels will be thrilled 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z

Worse, the contrived narrative that the shows collectively push — the idea that Harry and Meghan’s romance is “a fairy tale” — is jarringly backward. Royal Rumble: 7 Meghan and Harry Specials Face Off, and We All Lose 2018-05-15T04:00:00Z

He is ostensibly calling on behalf of Topaz pantyhose, but it's safe to assume that on some level he's also hoping to rekindle their decade-old romance. 'Mad Men' recap: 'The life not lived' 2015-04-06T04:00:00Z

I’ve always looked forward to the same part of every date, movie and romance — the kiss. On National Kissing Day, celebrate the science and art of kissing — from chemical “sparks” to the thrill of early desire 2016-07-06T04:00:00Z

That sense of “exposure” bled into the lyrics – with the curtain drawn, it suddenly felt more natural belting about romance and self-discovery than, say, psychics and evil viruses. Our weirdest rockers settle down: Goodbye, sci-fi epics — hello parenting, real estate and married life on planet Earth 2015-10-12T04:00:00Z

Bauer tucks these expansive questions into the folds of the plot, which grows sufficiently breakneck, featuring secret romances, organized crime and channeling death for profit. Four Crime Novels, Brimming With Venom and Dread 2021-02-12T05:00:00Z

Her emotional novels explore themes such as romance, death and abusive family through the lens of the paranormal. New writers take the Internet route to reaching readers 2010-08-13T22:15:00Z

It’s still not entirely clear what either character sees in the other, but the classic formula of romance doesn’t require the parties to complete a dating questionnaire. The off-kilter charms of 'Amelie,' made musical at the Ahmanson 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z

Bartlett Sher’s quaint production interpolates a bit too much physical violence, presumably to raise the emotional stakes, but understands that the piece is at heart a small, sweet romance, drawing both smiles and tears. With Different Singers, One Opera Classic Can Seem Like Two 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z

No one knew we were dating, since David firmly believed that workplace romances were a bad idea — in theory. On (Not) Wasting My Time With a Younger Man 2022-03-18T04:00:00Z

The idea, Packer said in a statement, is to allow women to see romance from the other side of the coin. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘The Guest Book’ and ‘Adam Sandler: 100% Fresh’ 2018-10-23T04:00:00Z

With decent side plots — besides the possible rekindled romance, the writers give Carrie a mother with Alzheimer’s — “Unforgettable” could run awhile. Television Review: ?Unforgettable? on CBS, With Poppy Montgomery - Review 2011-09-19T23:23:59Z

Not all of the movies present their worlds with such romance. All Together Now for Tribeca Festival’s 20th Anniversary Edition 2021-06-09T04:00:00Z

Every part of this collection, its reuniting and its hanging, is shrouded in romance and excitement. | The Art of Houghton Hall Comes Home 2013-05-31T11:00:54Z

Were you to attend a performance sung in a language you didn’t understand, you might be led to believe it is a romance between two characters. 'As One,' the every(wo)man transgender opera 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z

Previously, the latter had more experience at hunting for romance and casual sex. Review: HBO’s “Insecure” offers a more confident second season 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z

Maybe, this time, there really is romance, not just lighting rigs, in the air. Sleep with the hot one! 2012-07-10T16:30:00Z

Her set zoomed through styles and ideas — rock and soul, swing and Hendrixy psychedelia, futurism and romance. Music Review: Anxiety Wrapped in Gleaming Pop and Lam? 2010-09-19T22:31:00Z

When romance struck, Stanley and Mearns met on the floor, easing toward each other as their silhouettes played on the wall behind them. Review: The Costume Dramas of New York City Ballet 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z

When I travel, Demby’s words ground me, keeping me from being romanced by false fantasies of a place. Seeking slice-of-life authenticity in Italy’s most touristy cities 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z

The central romance of the entire show is nice and all, but this episode belonged to Daisy, fair and square. Downton Abbey Watch: Life is a Game 2012-02-20T13:45:28Z

A secretary's lightning typing skills whisk her to competitive fame and potential romance with her boss in this lightweight French comedy. The Comedian, Byzantium, The Big Wedding: this week's new films 2013-06-01T05:00:00Z

If erotic romance has such a strong basic appeal, why has it taken until now for it to go mainstream? “People are at their most vulnerable when they’re naked together”: The rise of erotic romance 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z

She winks at "the Illuminati" over a glitchy house beat, and pours over a failed romance in an emotional ballad called “Heartbreak City.” Madonna says music that leaked online is not a finished new album 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z

Luce’s success story would be sheer romance if it could surmount one basic problem: Luce himself. Books of The Times: Alan Brinkley Tells Henry Luce?s Story in ?The Publisher? 2010-04-19T21:35:00Z

"Before Sunrise," "Before Sunset" and "Before Midnight" parsed romance and the relationship between two people. Golden Globes 2015: 'Boyhood,' 'Grand Budapest' directors walk alone 2014-12-11T05:00:00Z

Here is a film that travels from the 19th century to the distant future, from thriller to sci-fi to romance to farce. Cloud Atlas – review 2013-02-21T21:03:01Z

She loves him, but love in these tales functions less as an emotional ideal than as a literary safe word, a return ticket to the land of romance. Review: In ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’ Movie, Sex Is a Knotty Business 2015-02-11T05:00:00Z

On the transatlantic trip, she suspected he had had cold feet and then embarked on a shipboard romance with another man. Style Invitational Week 1104: HOW’s this? Compare 2 things with the same abbrev. 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

Del Toro is about to release the monster movie Pacific Rim, and will follow it with Crimson Peak, which he describes as "a gothic romance/ghost story going back to a much smaller scale". Charlie Kaufman to adapt Kurt Vonnegut? 2013-07-09T12:42:16Z

The minor surprise is that the movie works pretty well as a Western romance. REVIEW: A Million Ways to Die in the West, But Few Ways to Laugh 2014-05-28T04:00:00Z

But are the majority of competitors truly on the show for romance? “Here for the right reasons”: Why people really agree to go on “The Bachelor” 2016-02-22T05:00:00Z

Espionage is not what this movie is about, and romance isn’t either. Review: ‘The Spy Who Dumped Me’ Is a Buddy Comedy With a Body Count 2018-08-01T04:00:00Z

You’ve said that the upcoming album will be less about romance and more about sex. R. Kelly on His Single Ladies Tour, Bedroom Ballads and the Future of Trapped 2012-10-15T15:01:51Z

But why cowboys, we asked romance maven Sarah Wendell, author of Everything I Know about Love I Learned from Romance Novels, and cofounder of SmartBitchesTrashyBooks.com, a top romance blog. Galley Girl: Linda Lael Miller and the Rise of the Cowboy Romance Novel 2011-12-02T18:30:19Z

There, they manage their farms while honing skills, completing quests and, if the player desires, romancing an eligible villager. Live Your Gay Millennial Pandemic Fantasy in Stardew Valley 2021-04-27T04:00:00Z

Yorkie and Kelly’s romance isn’t easy or straightforward, not least because it takes place largely in a simulated afterlife where shoulderpads reign supreme. Battle of the Bastards to San Junipero: what was the best TV episode of 2016? 2016-12-21T05:00:00Z

The key to a successful office romance is maturity in both parties. How to Deal With an Office Romance 2015-02-25T05:00:00Z

“We thought it would be very appealing to do a female empowerment story that didn’t center on any sort of romance,” says Musker. How Disney's Positioning Moana as the Ultimate Anti-Princess 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z

While King Princess writes about 21st-century romance — one new track is “Watching My Phone” — the music places her songs on a longer timeline, full of ghosts from previous pop eras. King Princess Puts Modern Romance in a Musical Time Machine 2019-10-23T04:00:00Z

Crime can be about romance, war, spies, child abduction – there are so many things you can thread through a crime novel that you can't do with other genres. RJ Ellory wins crime novel of the year award 2010-07-23T11:50:00Z

And though they said they were at ease depicting the romance and breakup of two loud if not always proud men, there were also plenty of giggles about excessive makeup and fabulous outfits. Liberace’s Tale, From Michael Douglas and Steven Soderbergh 2013-05-17T21:54:42Z

The play, presented in repertory with an adaptation of “Henry IV, Parts I and 2” at the Harold Clurman Theater, is about a fictional romance between William Shakespeare and an African slave. | 'Shakespeare?s Slave': A Love-Struck Romeo Finds Inspiration at Last 2011-06-01T21:11:06Z

In “B61,” named after a Brooklyn bus route, she recalls the beginnings of a romance but then muses, “How will I know if I’m the last one alive?” Aoife O’Donovan’s Songs Poured Out When Touring Shut Down 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z

They’re professionals, of course, and get down to the business of playing at romance with unfussy determination, under the nervous eye of their director, played by a very funny Patrick Kerr. Theater Review: ‘Stage Kiss,’ a Sarah Ruhl Comedy, at Playwrights Horizons 2014-03-03T03:00:19Z

Dating is innately predatory in “Fresh,” a wickedly funny cannibal romance and dazzling feature debut from the director Mimi Cave. ‘Fresh’ Review: First Date? Try the Veal. 2022-03-03T05:00:00Z

Christmas films “deliver what the audience wants - a romance, a happy ending - some adversity and conflict, but not a lot,” Bricke said. U.S. cable TV and Netflix offer a stockingful of Christmas films 2018-11-27T05:00:00Z

Her own life, now, is very well regulated, with no real room for romance. Anne Rice: 'I thought the church was flat-out immoral' 2010-10-24T19:59:00Z

While they rekindled their romance a few episodes back, speculation about their future should probably wait until after we see if Sam gets everyone killed. ‘The Walking Dead’: What to Remember Before Sunday’s Premiere 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z

This produces an electric on-screen romance, despite Marc Antony's disturbing penchant for miniskirts. Cleopatra hits the Nile on the head 2011-03-31T07:00:00Z

With it, the architect proved the power of a poetic modernism, full of whimsy and romance, and offered a reproof to the lean, functional modernism of an earlier generation of architects. Review | The TWA Hotel revives a magnificent, mid-century vision of the friendly skies 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z

"I'm in Germany, romancing the stone," he joked on a postcard he sent me from Munich. Dad always fell for the wrong women 2011-04-25T15:21:00Z

Although the slow unraveling of their romance is gripping, the show finds its meatiest material in the standoff between John and Debra’s two daughters, who see the red flags waving from the start. 6 True-Crime Podcasts: When Love Is a Dangerous Con Game 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z

After the violence had subsided, but with the emotions it generated still running high, the two romances the show had hinted at through more than half its season finally ignited. 'The Knick' Recap: Soderbergh's Efficient Tour de Force 2014-09-26T04:00:00Z

Indeed, the romance ended at the sight of mobile bathrooms outside the theater; the ones inside had been deemed too risky. Review: At Wagner’s Festival, a ‘Dutchman’ Never Sails 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z

The 2015 essay by Emma Court tells the story of a college student who weighs the possibilities of romance as a millennial after a stranger on an international flight delivers the perfect kiss. The Modern Love Podcast: Emmy Rossum Reads ‘A Millennial’s Guide to Kissing’ 2016-12-28T05:00:00Z

As the story progresses, however, it is clear that Sunil's university romance was something far deeper and darker than a crush. "In Treatment" recap: Sunil's suicidal threat 2010-11-16T13:30:00Z

Cooper, but the shapeshifting Loki's prank just adds to history's ongoing romance with the hijacker, a man who is a blank, allowing us to fantasize about and identify with the perfect crime. The ongoing mystique of D.B. Cooper, from documentaries to the Marvel Cinematic Universe 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

For much of the first decade of the 21st century, the popular kitchen archetype was derived mostly from those in the post-menopausal romances of Nancy Meyers. Kitchens and Their Evolving Personalities 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z

He constructed his life around art and romance, and the romance of art. Les Plesko to be celebrated at UCLA 2014-10-14T04:00:00Z

Facebook Twitter Pinterest Carol - video review Lesbian-themed romances may no longer command the same level of hostility from the mainstream audience as they once did, but Carol is still a pretty rare beast. The 50 best films of 2015 in the US – No 7: Carol 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z

Here to prove that sports movies can be as comforting as romances, and that they can moreover be romances, is Gina Prince-Blythewood’s Love & Basketball. Comfort films to watch while self-isolating – ranked! 2020-03-12T04:00:00Z

Unless, of course, those predicting a Rebecca-Ted romance are right, which I dearly hope they are not. ‘Ted Lasso,’ Season 3, Episode 10 Recap: The Rich Are Different 2023-05-17T04:00:00Z

Yes, it's a screwball romance featuring two exceptionally good-looking people and lots of nudity and it's a disease-of-the-month weeper, but we're just getting started. "Love and Other Drugs": Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway get naked 2010-11-23T20:37:00Z

The pair got engaged more than a year into their romance. Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux wed after three-year engagement 2015-08-06T04:00:00Z

The novel’s formal gambits and transgressive literary figures lend a bit of highbrow window dressing to an otherwise anodyne romance. Boundary-Pushing Books for Fans of Narrative Experiments 2020-08-11T04:00:00Z

Another Earth, a blend of science fiction and indie tragic romance that's tasteful to a fault. Indie film discovers sci-fi spectacle 2011-08-02T21:01:00Z

She said there’s more to marriage beyond sex and romance. From Best Friends to Platonic Spouses 2021-05-01T04:00:00Z

In a joint interview published in the New Yorker, Baumbach and Gerwig insisted their romance began after his marriage was over. Jennifer Jason Leigh: ‘I've been at this precipice so many times' 2016-01-02T05:00:00Z

But each of these in-demand young actresses has taken to the stage here to demonstrate how romance is as likely to prickle, sting and even kill as it is to tickle. All Over London, Love Hurts 2011-02-23T10:27:47Z

Luckily he has time for divine inspiration, because Rachel takes him to a Catholic mass in French as their date, which is pretty much the opposite of romance. The Bachelorette Recap: Season 13, Episode 7 2017-07-11T04:00:00Z

Still the rest of the show was entertaining, and I find the romance between Nick and Luciana believable. ‘Fear the Walking Dead’ Season 2, Episode 12: Your Child Is Your Child 2016-09-18T04:00:00Z

McCarthy, 41, won the Emmy on her first try for playing a teacher who finds romance with a man she meets at a self-help group for overeaters. Melissa McCarthy wins best comedy actress Emmy 2011-09-19T00:50:26Z

Today is day one and that means the romance 25, led by David Lean's Brief Encounter. The greatest films of all time: download the data 2010-10-16T11:10:00Z

While the book deconstructs this romance, Boo is concerned not only with the crisis and its aftermath, but with the period before Annawadi will be destroyed by the airport authorities. Behind the Beautiful Forevers: Life, Death and Hope in a Mumbai Slum by Katherine Boo – review 2012-06-29T07:00:03Z

As with most situations in my life, I decided to compromise: I would feast at this table of giddy romance, but wash it down with a frosty mug of guilt and paranoia. Modern Love: When Mixing Business and Pleasure Doesn?t Work 2010-07-08T19:15:00Z

Walker’s baritone is rich and robust in a way that reminds me, sometimes, of the men who appear on the embossed paperback covers of Harlequin romances: muscled, glistening, almost uncomfortably virile. The Weird and Vast and Periodically Devastating Music of Scott Walker 2019-03-25T04:00:00Z

Her voice held exhortations, gospel growls, flamboyant melismas, fast hip-hop articulation and melting romance. Review: Global Citizen Festival, Including Beyoncé and Pearl Jam, Mixes Music and Activism 2015-09-27T04:00:00Z

“But in this game of romance,” she acknowledges, “forever, forever is a million-to-one chance.” Review: Catherine Russell Sings Still-Resonant Standards at Birdland 2015-12-17T05:00:00Z

We romance the era as our introduction to self-love and black pride. Past Into Present: 4 Journeys That Changed Us 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z

Under the nom de plume Selena Montgomery, Abrams penned eight romance novels, including, as she puts it, “a serial killer romance novel” — the first written while at Yale because, you know, why not? And in her spare time, Stacey Abrams wrote a thriller 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

The young romance subplot is perfunctory, and the basic anti-logging message contrives to be both didactic and pious, while being at the same time mystifyingly impotent. The Lorax – review 2012-07-26T20:00:01Z

Do you think any of these sites actively try to undercut lasting romance? Online dating isn’t killing marriage! 2013-01-12T23:00:00Z

It turns her performance of “Down With Love” into a tour de force of spontaneous peevishness in which her face and body go through a dozen variations of lighthearted disgust with romance and its disappointments. Music Review: Sutton Foster, All Sweetness, at Caf? Carlyle 2010-06-16T21:43:00Z

You’d never confuse “The Zoo Story” with a standard romance of course. Two-Character Plays Are Highlights of Theater Season 2010-05-08T02:40:00Z

Northwest author Cooper brings her “Dark Mission” paranormal romance series to its conclusion. NW books | Summer camp, Bainbridge Island 2013-06-28T21:33:42Z

“The whole holiday conspires to make people feel that they’re not living up to this standard of lovely romance,” she says. Valentine’s Day? How about we just don’t. 2015-02-13T05:00:00Z

Murray, a romance writer known for his multiracial story lines and characters. A Romance Author’s Muse Becomes His Real-Life Love Interest 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

Any other advice for adding romance to the evening? Wine and Dine Your Valentine With a Date Night In 2015-02-12T05:00:00Z

Their decision to marry in February was rooted in romance — Valentine’s Day 2019 is the day they decided to become exclusive. A Free Courthouse Wedding? Why Not? 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z

But the recession, as well as a rekindled romance with Cameron and a return to Utah, changed that. On the Runway Blog: Culdesac: A Children's Story 2012-01-06T17:21:35Z

America’s long romance with singing reality shows seems to be just about over. Why did people stop caring about “American Idol”? 2014-05-22T04:00:00Z

It's also a Regency romance with a trans heroine, a main character who discovers she may have a second chance for love with a longtime friend. A bolder than "Bridgerton" reading list: Regency books with a twist Eloise would love 2022-04-18T04:00:00Z

Stiller's character does develop a crush on her, but things play out like a real-life romance, not a movie one, with stilted conversations, false starts, blown opportunities and some excruciatingly bad sex. Greenberg star Greta Gerwig steps from the shadows of mumblecore 2010-06-04T23:08:00Z

Such rescue stories come wreathed in romance as a film is plucked from the brink, like a silent-screen heroine pulled from train tracks at the last minute. The Race to Save the Films We Love 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z

No wonder the cast are so enthusiastic when peripheral set-pieces – a riotous slapstick re-enactment of Sennett's pie-throwing Keystone Cops, a scintillating rendition of Tap Your Troubles Away – allow them to abandon the romance. Mack and Mabel – review 2012-07-13T14:38:35Z

And she liked romance comics too, which is interesting because I was too young to care about the romance, but I did love the storytelling. "The Boys" comics artist Darick Robertson on Amazon's adaptation, politics and "The Punisher" 2019-08-10T04:00:00Z

I wanted to talk about romance and relationships, but I wanted it to be a happy corollary to the film being funny. I Give It A Year: how I tried to subvert the romcom 2013-02-02T06:00:00Z

The beloved nighttime soap returns this month—premiering June 13 on TNT— and the new version features all the intrigue and romance of the original, plus a whole new generation of characters. An Insider's Guide to J.R.'s Dallas 2012-06-07T16:20:03.553Z

His new book, "Running With Lions", is a more light-hearted romp, however, a story about teen romance with a backdrop of a youth soccer league. Queer young adult fiction grows beyond the coming out story 2018-06-25T04:00:00Z

Convincing a nurse that someone’s blindly chugged poison is what passes for romance, these days. Mad Men Watch: It’s Not Butter, It’s Heartbreak 2013-05-13T13:30:44Z

The Spider-Man movies also feature a romance that seems quite believable, unlike Iron Man. Man of Steel: why Hollywood needs a break from superhero movies 2013-06-11T15:48:00Z

Because it combines comedy, action, romance in almost every frame – and gave a postmodern spin to fairytale mythology years before the tentpole animated releases started doing the same thing. Commission us: a library of kids' films 2010-10-11T13:50:00Z

As an accompanist played the opening melody, he read the young principal dancer Tiler Peck a few notes about the 1941 Ginastera score “Estancia,” involving romance, horse wrangling and ranch culture. City Ballet Readies Architecture of Dance Festival 2010-04-24T02:16:00Z

The real problem, many scholars who champion romance argue, is that romance remains a genre mostly written and read by women. For Television and Romance Novels, Love at Last? 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z

Part constitutional law seminar, part rollicking comedy, Heidi Schreck’s show about her fraught romance with the Constitution finds a more perfect home: Broadway. 15 Plays and Musicals to Go to in N.Y.C. This Weekend 2019-03-28T04:00:00Z

Fittingly, Tuck’s novella eventually reveals itself to be more a tale of self-delusion and internal conflict than the grand romance we were initially led to believe. ‘Wuthering Heights’ Reimagined as a 1960s Affair 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z

Under the dimmed lights in Brooklyn, it seemed the definition of romance. In conversation with Werner Herzog: 'Facts do not constitute truth' 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

Physics and romance intersect in this novel about a brilliant young scientist who drops her studies for an all-consuming relationship, then returns to the lab to prove that love really can be forever. New & Noteworthy, From Black Emancipators to Love and Desire 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z

Instead, Penny finds herself in the grip of something far more retro: a romance with a devious cad who pretends to have her best interests — and deepest gratifications — in mind. Book World: ‘Beautiful You’ by Chuck Palahniuk

Part of the game is pretence – believing that this is a real romance, albeit with someone who will shortly expect cash presents. Cannes 2012: Paradise: Love ? review 2012-05-18T13:18:31Z

The series goes to great lengths to show the extent to which Frances' period pain determines the course of her friendships and romances. "Conversations with Friends" challenges us to rethink the desirability of the woman in pain 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z

As the investigation unfolds, the author introduces new characters, romances and plot twists. Review | ‘Throw Me to the Wolves’ is both a caustic social commentary and a riveting crime novel 2019-05-01T04:00:00Z

Fillings, root canals and cavities don’t exactly set the mood for romance. Their 1st date was in a dental office — they just didn’t realize it at the time 2015-05-28T04:00:00Z

There’s a sense of bizarre creatures skittering through a strange land, of fairy dust being liberally sprinkled — especially over the raunchy romances. ‘Nicotine’: The new zany-brainy novel from Nell Zink 2016-10-14T04:00:00Z

First roses corner romance and then pop music. Readers recommend songs about flowers: The results 2010-06-10T21:30:00Z

Even if there are elements that describe these situations – that describe interactions and the world of romance and the confusion of being alive and knowing how you fit in – all that stuff is there. Watch Ryan Adams Interview Taylor Swift about '1989' 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z

How do you balance those two very different tones, action and romance? Game of Thrones Director: George R.R. Martin Liked Last Night's Episode 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z

Their second Raleigh romance followed a much different trajectory. A More Mature Relationship the Second Time Around 2021-04-09T04:00:00Z

The pill has to be sugared with spectacle and romance, but dystopian futures perform a function. ‘I’ve seen things you people wouldn’t believe’: what Blade Runner 2049’s dystopia tells us about 2017 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z

Apart from this and the occasional fleeting allusion to romance — “haven’t kissed a boy in 209 days” — very little in here is of a personal nature, the sorts of things that typically fill teenage diaries. Taylor Swift’s Diary Entries Are a Must-Read Companion to ‘Lover’ 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z

But as in the original, which is categorized as one of Shakespeare’s comedies, the men and their standoff mostly provide context for the romances blooming among their children or associates. The election is on everyone's mind as SCR presents 'All the Way' and 'District Merchants' 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z

Movie romances are not supposed to follow the strict conventions of realism, and Ms. Prince-Bythewood’s script contrives enough twists, coincidences and tearful confrontations to produce the necessary gasps, giggles and sniffles. ‘Beyond the Lights,’ a Diva’s Romance 2014-11-13T05:00:00Z

And on that same night on Hallmark, those who enjoy labor pains with their egg nog can try “Baby’s First Christmas,” which involves budding romance and Christmas Eve contractions. Television Review: ‘Peter Rabbit’s Christmas Tale,’ on Nickelodeon 2012-12-13T23:14:12Z

“Best of all was the way the film spurred me to read the book again after 40 years and to re-experience as literature the wayward romances.” 20 Years Ago: ‘Pride and Prejudice’ Was Reborn on TV 2016-01-07T05:00:00Z

Does the romance endure precisely because it is never real, marred by the more boring aspects of a long-term relationship? Love after life: how TV imagines relationships beyond the grave 2018-10-11T04:00:00Z

The next day, he added another dozen, and threw in some candy, ruining Ms. Jaques’ attempts to conceal the budding romance from her players. The Coaches’ Game Plan: Beat Cancer, Get Married 2019-09-20T04:00:00Z

The nation still favours traditional acts of romance. Lovable or rogue? Britons admit confusion about romantic gestures 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z

Enola Holmes is back, and she’s ready for both her first official case as a detective and, work schedule permitting, some romance. ‘Enola Holmes 2’ Review: A Clever Force of Nature 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z

There was no place for warmth, sentiment and romance; no room for Ride. Old music: Ride – Twisterella 2012-07-06T11:56:00Z

If you loved the black-and-white episode of the “Twin Peaks” revival, or if you think Gonzo and Camilla’s romance is one for the ages, watch this. How Much Watching Time Do You Have This Weekend? 2020-01-23T05:00:00Z

And turning up the romance level in practical partners is best accomplished over time. ‘At Least I Got You a Gift’ 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z

Their obsessive romance takes place mostly in the desert, and the relationship ends abruptly in a way that alters both of their futures. ‘All the Land to Hold Us’: A west Texas tale of hardship 2013-08-15T19:18:08Z

On one table sits a manual Remington typewriter next to a copy of  ‘‘Stamboul Train,’’ Graham Greene’s tale of romance, death and espionage as the train hurtled toward Constantinople. In Transit Blog: Orient Express, the Exhibition 2014-05-12T15:12:17Z

And finally, this weekend's midnight show at the Egyptian is "Back to the Future," now 26 years young, in which Michael J. Fox travels backward in time to micromanage his parents' romance. Hughes festival ending; transgender fest begins 2011-05-05T23:58:04Z

The audacious attire is all part an immersive live experience devised by Secret Cinema to bring to life the romance and poetry of the Mercury-nominated singer's latest album, Once I Was an Eagle. Laura Marling – review 2013-06-18T16:38:57Z

For me, your show helps keep alive the romance and excitement of this very important genre ... Seattle jazz broadcaster reaching fans around world 2012-12-22T05:49:03Z

The film follows the demise of his career, and at the same time his burgeoning romance with co-star Berenice Bejo, also delighted with her Oscar nomination. France's Jean Dujardin plays down Hollywood success 2012-01-24T22:02:20Z

The “West Side Story” romance angle is the least interesting part of the movie, so it’s frustrating that so much time is spent on it. Review: In ‘Birth of the Dragon,’ Young Bruce Lee Meets a Master 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

“They don’t make loopy Cary Grant romances anymore, nor do they make luxury French restaurants that are as sincere and uncalculating as this one,” Mr. Miller wrote. Georges Briguet, Who Presided Over Le Périgord, Dies at 85 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z

And then I saw this one — part screwball comedy, part romance, part literary pastiche, all joy. 10 awesome movies ? and 10 awful ones 2011-12-30T01:16:29Z

She sings about romance, friendship, family and community; she sings about longing, infatuation, discord, heartache and healing. Joan Armatrading Is Still Searching for the Perfect Song 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z

They draw from illustration and the comics, often involve language and collage and evince a mixture of romance, intrigue and deadpan humor that might be called Eastern European Noir. At the Shed, Frieze II Takes Off 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z

The Manxman: the last of the BFI's nine Hitchcock silent restorations, this sweeping romance forms the archive gala, with live performance of Stephen Horne's new score for "piano, fiddle, viola, oboe and folk harp". Trailer trash at the 2012 London film festival 2012-10-13T23:06:49Z

The story may seem a convoluted mix of mythological drama and pastoral romance, but I’ve always found it touching. Review: In ‘Daphne,’ the Cleveland Orchestra Takes on a Difficult Strauss Opera 2015-07-16T04:00:00Z

Plenty of commenters were touched by their romance, with one urging the two to get married already. Brooklyn man who wooed woman via drone takes her on a date amid coronavirus pandemic, wears protective bubble 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

If you savor ferocious romance and fantasy, these will keep you happy for many pages. Best romance novels of 2020 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z

Most epic romances begin with intractable families forcing lovers into each other’s arms. My daughter is dating a much older man | Mariella Frostrup 2017-09-24T04:00:00Z

Studios that didn’t want to risk bookings in the Jim Crow South restricted what black characters could do, especially when it came to romance. Hollywood, Separate and Unequal 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z

I'm glad, too, that "The Adjustment Bureau" has the guts to play its central romance for genuine romantic feeling — and in the tasty byplay between Damon and Blunt, who seem to enjoy each other. No adjustments needed for 'Bureau' 2011-03-03T14:55:00Z

The first stop: headlining a Nicholas Sparks romance. 'The Longest Ride' Trailer: Nicholas Sparks Wrote a Bullriding Romance 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

Its modern equivalent is the romance reality series, the summertime variety in particular. Are you watching "Love Island"? It's the feel-superior hit of the summer 2019-07-13T04:00:00Z

For years, erotic romance has been the poor orphan sibling of more reputable genres within romantic fiction. “People are at their most vulnerable when they’re naked together”: The rise of erotic romance 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z

A protagonist, even a fascinating one, stuck alone in the middle of nowhere poses special narrative challenges, but Miller keeps her novel filled with perils and romance. Review | The original nasty woman is a goddess for our times 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z

All Dodge wants to do is track down his high school sweetheart, The One That Got Away, in hopes of rekindling the romance in his final days. Review: `End of the World' has its moments 2012-06-19T22:51:10Z

The current “Outside Mullingar” is a particularly sweet piece of writing, a pugnacious romance in Shanley’s “Moonstruck” and “Savage in Limbo” mode. Review | Keegan and Constellation shine on their historic D.C. stages 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z

From online dating to father-daughter wedding dances, her voice was the soundtrack to American romance. Appreciation: Natalie Cole’s everlasting talent 2016-01-01T05:00:00Z

“Lunatic” is a Victorian-era story that charts the life of this unnamed person and her deep love affair with the moon, which leads her to shun human romance and also to pursue astronomy. An Artist Whose Comics Tell Us What It’s Like to Be Depressed 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z

Sometimes — okay, often — even Date Lab’s great dates end without further romance. Fox’s Tony Perkins fretted about Date Lab dead ends. So we matched his producer. 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z

Bad romance … Jack White says he questioned the substance of Lady Gaga's image, not her music. Jack White slams NME for 'tabloid drama' following Lady Gaga misquote 2012-12-06T11:01:35Z

These types of figures, particularly popular in the contemporary romance genre, are often set against a teal, magenta or yellow backdrop. Eight trends in book cover art, from busy botanicals to women walking away 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z

But so much about it remains opaque, which lends an air of mystery and romance to a world where values and profits can rely on something as capricious as a fleeting consensus on genius. As Money Launderers Buy Dalís, U.S. Looks at Lifting the Veil on Art Sales 2021-06-19T04:00:00Z

It is Madeline’s appreciation of this fact that means the couple’s plan to return to Rome, city of their youthful romance where they could live freely, is perpetually deferred. 'When I travelled, I hid my passport': Fassbinder muse Barbara Sukowa on Hitler's legacy and hidden love 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z

That way, I could see the tropes in these films as sweet or painful personal flashbacks, rather than cinematic conventions as remote from my experience as a Western gunfight or a Martian romance. 21 Jump Street: Rude Fun at Fantasy High 2012-03-15T16:34:26Z

“This time, why not play a little with Bloomsbury romance?” | Rochas Pre-Fall Collection 2011-01-12T20:02:27Z

There's murder and romance, but at its core is one young writer struggling to realise her dream. Amnesty teen takeover: Sara Grant's top 10 books that entertain and inspire 2012-08-22T11:19:10Z

Hale herself described it to critics as, no kidding, "statutory romance." Through blurred lines "A Teacher" is a difficult examination of consent and trauma 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z

Sixteen months from first lunch to first dance, to “Bless the Broken Road,” by Rascal Flatts, the bride was asked if she would categorize her relationship with the groom as a whirlwind romance. She Married the Priest 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

He can’t see the upside or romance of moving through air rather than over land. Joseph O’Neill on the Burdens of Superpowers 2019-11-04T05:00:00Z

Salanic mostly plays José with quiet but weighted contemplation, but here he is buoyant with youth and the prospect of romance. ‘José’ Review: Coming of Age Gay in Guatemala 2020-01-30T05:00:00Z

He said the woman was nobody in particular: an embodiment of romance drawn from his imagination. David Lance Goines, Who Shaped the Counterculture Aesthetic, Dies at 77 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z

Our unconventional romance began when I noticed him scooting his seat closer to mine during therapy, crossing the distance that separated us one chair scrape at a time. For Me, He Was Willing to Face His Worst Fear 2019-05-17T04:00:00Z

“My characters are powerful women,” said Mr. Murray, who is the author of 45 romance novels. A Romance Author’s Muse Becomes His Real-Life Love Interest 2021-06-04T04:00:00Z

“It was so well done, there was a group of incredible women, a great romance, and then, like the book, the story was unfinished at the end of the season. Come on!” ‘Sanditon,’ Unfinished No More 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z

Mural after mural presents scenes from Nordic mythology and medieval German romances that Wagner drew on in his operas. Critic’s Notebook: Exploring Bavaria and the Busoni International Piano Festival 2012-09-07T23:47:51Z

Each searching for a soul mate after long marriages that ended in divorce — hers 35 years, his 23 years — they were eager and ready to embark on a whirlwind romance. Case of Mistaken Identity (He Wasn’t a Con Man) 2019-02-01T05:00:00Z

So let’s try this: “Carol” is one of the greatest American screen romances of any era, period – and perhaps that serves as the ultimate vindication of Haynes’ outspoken commitment to “queer cinema.” “Carol” isn’t just a “lesbian movie”: Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara’s ’50s love story is a classic American screen romance 2015-11-25T05:00:00Z

But there’s a happier moment that I like to think of as the coda to my brief romance with Yes. Chris Squire, the cornerstone of Yes at its best 2015-06-30T04:00:00Z

Their romance began six months earlier when Austin, a fundraiser at her hospital, appeared in the ER with a bullet wound. Review | ‘The Red Lotus,’ a new novel with a pandemic plot, is both prescient and diverting 2020-03-30T04:00:00Z

Ms. Cain’s new book, “One Kick,” is the auspicious start of another series that intermingles victimization and romance. ‘One Kick,’ by Chelsea Cain 2014-08-18T04:00:00Z

That’s the difference, I think, between a haunted house movie and a gothic romance—essentially in a haunted house movie, the house is in itself a sentient entity. Guillermo del Toro on Strong Women and the Haunted House in 'Crimson Peak' 2015-07-13T04:00:00Z

And that's the point: every person here is immersed in the romance. Country to Country – review 2013-03-22T19:11:38Z

Speculation about casting for the sequel has already led Robert Pattinson, star of the Twilight series of vampire romance films, to rule himself out of the running to play Odair. Hammer, Kitsch and Hedlund tipped for Hunger Games sequel 2012-05-30T12:28:08Z

Leger Grindon, professor of film studies at Middlebury College, Vermont, and author of The Hollywood Romantic Comedy, says that what we’re seeing on TV is simply reflecting how romance has evolved over time. 'Once the couple gets together, the tension is lost': how sitcom romance died 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z

That this movie — directed by the Canadian filmmaker Stephen Williams and written by Stefani Robinson — leans too mightily on romance to the detriment of exploring more fully his genius feels like a missed opportunity. ‘Chevalier’ Review: A Black Virtuoso Rocks the Court of Marie Antoinette 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z

Mr. Ivory, 89, a four-time nominee, won for best adapted screenplay for the gay romance “Call Me by Your Name.” ‘The Shape of Water’ Wins Best Picture as Oscars Project Diversity 2018-03-04T05:00:00Z

Mr. Puts’s music evokes the rattling motion of the train and the stirrings of romance quite vividly. Review: ‘The Manchurian Candidate,’ Eagerly Awaited, Has Premiere in St. Paul 2015-03-09T04:00:00Z

Q: Many readers find it easy to make fun of romance novels. How Stacey Abrams turned heartbreak into a career plan — and romance novels 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z

Over time, their romance blossoms and they begin to text and talk on the phone. Facebook Gets Movie Treatments as Social Media Hits High 2010-09-16T17:14:00Z

The story that unfolds around them is equal parts romance and mystery, as Sol reignites his will to live through Elsie while the archive’s collections begin to rapidly decay. He’s a Transgender Archivist and a Vampire, and He’s in Love 2022-02-11T05:00:00Z

Mr. Morris said that his budding romance with Ms. Folmer was “a natural progression,” from his years spent wearing a white collar. She Married the Priest 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z

Happy, Happy, Anne Sewitsky's tale of troubled romance in the snowy Norwegian countryside, was named the winner of the best foreign drama prize. Like Crazy wins best film at Sundance 2011-01-31T15:30:28Z

“I don’t know if that’s the right word. I felt exposed, but I felt I had to do something for myself rather than write about imaginary situations and strange romances.” Robert Plant Releases ‘lullaby and The Ceaseless Roar’ 2014-09-07T04:00:00Z

"But the fact that a lot of material now is on the computer takes the romance out of it, and now it's about examining what lies behind the delete button – the horror." Michael Holroyd laments the decline of biography 2011-08-18T18:08:26Z

There’s nothing sadder than watching someone refuse to accept the end of a relationship, but that’s what makes the burgeoning romance between Bradley Cooper and Jennifer Lawrence’s manic lovebirds so darn powerful. The Best Movies For Getting Over Your Ex 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z

A month later Ms. Attermann’s boss, Rabbi Kerrith Solomon, aware of the budding romance, asked her to travel to Chicago to observe a synagogue youth program. A One-Way Ticket to Chicago 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z

This show was like a romance novel version of the 70's music scene. ‘Vinyl’ Season 1 Finale: As Confused as Ever 2016-04-17T04:00:00Z

Agreeing that their romance would be limited to the opera’s run, “we did everything we could to really fight it, but we couldn’t — we just kept coming back together,” he continued. At the Opera, a Losing Battle Against Romance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

It aims to satisfy the demands of readers who are looking for weird, in the same way other readers go looking for action or romance. Bizarro fiction: it's terribly good 2010-07-16T14:20:00Z

Young romance could be risky in the old days in the mountains. Style Invitational Week 1104: HOW’s this? Compare 2 things with the same abbrev. 2014-12-24T05:00:00Z

In For What It's Worth, Nicks sings about a "forbidden romance that saved my life". Stevie Nicks: The men, the music, the menopause 2011-03-25T22:31:17Z

Through a series of dialogues, Fuller banters with Ralph Waldo Emerson, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Henry David Thoreau, among others, and the subject is romance as much as philosophy and personal freedom. Plays with divergent tones work well at Taffety Punk

Later, Emma emerged as the symbol of badly served womanhood trapped in delusions of romance because social conditions offered her so little else. Aiuthor, author: Lisa Appignanesi on the language of love 2011-02-12T00:05:39Z

Her romance with Barnett is portrayed as part of the swirl of her life, which in 1973 made her arguably the most famous athlete in America. Perspective | How two new movies prove to be quietly radical in their depiction of gay relationships 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z

For light romantic comedy, try this new Netflix film about a young journalist who goes to cover the transfer of power in a fictitious nation and ends up finding something like romance. What’s on TV Monday: ‘Bad Santa’ and ‘A Madea Christmas’ 2017-12-25T05:00:00Z

Chasing a similar market, period romance Summer in February did a tad better, with £75,000, also from 64 venues, and a £1,170 average. Man of Steel leaps predecessor in a single bound as waiting game pays off 2013-06-18T17:11:52Z

Yet even Sampson’s most elaborate digressions can’t dampen the attraction of reading about a life as rich with romance and tragedy. The Woman Who Created a Monster 2018-08-03T04:00:00Z

You write that your mother never approved of you as a romance novelist. Mary Bly (aka Eloisa James) Talks to TIME About Her Literary Double Life 2012-05-18T11:00:52Z

“Come Tomorrow,” the ninth studio album by the Dave Matthews Band and its first since 2012, earnestly embraces fatherhood, commitment, lifelong romance and hope for the next generations. Dave Matthews Sings to the Next Generation on ‘Come Tomorrow’ 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z

And a concert at a women’s college in Ohio generated several romances, albeit brief. Trans-Atlantic Love Affair for the London Symphony Orchestra 2012-10-21T04:40:05Z

A discreet and lengthy romance with heart surgeon Hasnat Khan had recently ended because he had concluded that her fame made it impossible to have a normal life together. Time to speculate: Princess Diana would be 50 2011-06-30T10:22:08Z

"Queen Charlotte" primarily romances the pre-"Bridgerton" London of the past, when Lady Danbury and Charlotte are young women and Violet is a girl, all of ages popularly associated with love stories and glamour. The sexual celebration of mature women in bloom, from "Queen Charlotte" to Martha Stewart 2023-05-21T04:00:00Z

Throughout “Wonders Will Never Cease,” Irwin embeds lines and episodes from dozens of poems, legends and medieval romances. Review | For fans of ‘Game of Thrones,’ a new novel set amid the War of the Roses 2017-12-27T05:00:00Z

An understated gay romance, “Sublet” follows a fictional middle-aged New York Times travel writer assigned to discover what’s what in Tel Aviv over the course of five days. ‘Sublet’ Review: A Less-Than-Intrepid Traveler 2021-06-10T04:00:00Z

Part travelogue, part romance, part epic, it traces the exploits of Gillion on his journeys to Egypt, where he becomes a bigamist, and then dies in battle, a hero. ArtsBeat: Getty Museum Acquires Rare Illuminated Manuscript 2012-12-05T22:28:19Z

This is a romance full of longing and nostalgia that is also a compelling mystery. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels of the month 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z

Up next, “Bombshell,” a gentle ballad recounting a brutal swirl of anxiety that churns before a romance ends. Ashley Monroe, rising above the chatter of country music 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z

On the other hand, articles about her newfound romance often mentioned the studio at a time when it needed the publicity. Hilaria Baldwin Holds Her Center 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z

The pleasures of understatement abound in the assured drama “The Way He Looks,” a quiet, closely observed high school romance set in São Paulo, Brazil. ‘The Way He Looks,’ a Debut for a Brazilian Director 2014-11-06T05:00:00Z

But Elizabeth makes it clear that there’s a job to do here: There’s no time for romance. “The Americans” recap: A daunting mission faces KGB spies 2014-04-03T16:03:00Z

“Nothing in my life is organized, especially not my books,” says the romance novelist, whose most recent book is “On the Corner of Hope and Main.” Beverly Jenkins Really Needs to Buy More Bookcases 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z

She has her own ever-after plans with the coach, and tries to sabotage his romance with Kelly — by whatever means necessary. What’s on TV Saturday: ‘S.N.L.’ and the Kids’ Choice Awards 2017-03-11T05:00:00Z

Punctuated by eerily static shots of empty basketball courts and deserted hallways, Mercutio’s blustering menace is as timeless as the romance he seeks to derail. Movie Review: ?Private Romeo,? Directed by Alan Brown 2012-02-09T23:34:09Z

Of the two heroines, Mindy has a better chance of winning at romantic comedy, though not, of course, at true romance. The TV Watch: ‘The Mindy Project’ and ‘Ben and Kate,’ New Fox Series 2012-09-24T21:56:50Z

It wasn’t her writing that made her so uncomfortable, she explains now, but the public act of sharing it: “I’m very private and I wouldn’t read anyone’s romance novel out loud.” And in her spare time, Stacey Abrams wrote a thriller 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z

But for the romance to flourish, the trauma of war must be confronted and conjured away. DVDs: Just Like the Ones You Used to Know 2010-12-25T03:53:01Z

You watch the filming of a sunny domestic romance in which, in front of matching cups and bread bin, a brand new wife shimmies around with a teatowel. The Drowned Man: A Hollywood Fable; The Machine; The Masque of Anarchy – review 2013-07-20T23:06:09Z

And the values," chips in Stephen Barker, Nottingham city council's head of communications who is with us in the south bastion, "the environmentalism, the romance, the cunning. Looking for Robin 2010-04-14T07:00:00Z

And for angsty romance, “The Time Traveler’s Wife” is close to perfect. Jennifer Weiner Used to Read Her Father’s Medical Textbooks for Fun 2020-05-07T04:00:00Z

You know, I feel great tenderness towards it because I recall the summer that I spent learning it by heart as being like a romance, to be honest. To see or not to see? Experiencing Shakespeare during the pandemic offers its own rewards. 2021-04-08T04:00:00Z

Week-End à Rome saw him flee France's rainy capital, in the company of Belgian starlet Lio, for two days of romance across the Italian border. Sounds of France - day one: a history of French pop in 10 songs 2012-05-28T10:32:14Z

This is how I ended up co-writing a romance story called "The Defective View". Can Inkvite rejuvenate collaborative fiction? 2013-04-21T13:30:01Z

There’s an attempt to reinvigorate the romance between Mara and Pedro, but that pales next to the bad behavior of their less savory companions. ‘The Weasels’ Tale’ Review: House Hunting 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z

The 34-year-old Chinese pianist released a concept album last September called “New York Rhapsody” in which he mostly plays backup to a succession of pop singers extolling the romance and grit of the city. Lang Lang packs Disney Hall for concert that's part thrill ride, part romantic swoon 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z

Though sales of romantic comedy in print books rose a massive 188 percent, the biggest seller across formats remained contemporary romance followed by historical. What the country is reading during the pandemic: Dystopias, social justice and steamy romance 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z

Depicting the Romeo and Juliet-style romance between lovers from twin planets with opposite gravitational pulls, this head-scratcher boasts visual imagination to spare even as its logistical complexities and heavy-handed symbolism ultimately prove off-putting. Review: 'Upside Down' is mostly down 2013-03-15T03:16:04Z

Long celebrated as a poet of romance, Robinson on Sunday appeared downright philosophical, as though he’d unlocked the mystery of life. Smokey Robinson is warm but shallow at the Hollywood Bowl 2015-07-03T04:00:00Z

A book signing by the author of the erotic romance sensation "Fifty Shades of Grey" also attracted overnight waits. Comic-Con wraps after 4 days of pop-art indulgence 2012-07-16T12:24:09Z

The suggestion is that Ceinwen is as wrapped up in the mystery of Miriam and her movie as Austen’s Catherine Moreland was with gothic romances, but that allusion never gains meaning in the novel. A novel in love with movies and movie love 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z

And I am always alarmed when the first option they reach for as a genre suggestion is, "So ... you write romance?" AL Kennedy: Typing on trains 2010-10-05T07:35:00Z

She said that to this day, once she starts a story — from a heady work of literature to a bad romance novel — she has to finish it. A Polish Artist With Varied Talents 2022-10-19T04:00:00Z

But his enduring romance was with those people who bought his books and stood in line for his signature. ‘A Lowcountry Heart’: Pat Conroy’s final words 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z

One of the newest branches of the popular genre is interracial romance, which just a few decades ago would have been too hot to handle. Love Knows No Color: Interracial Romance Novels Find Growing Audience and Acceptance 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

When I started The Kissing Booth, I was craving a good YA romance to read - without any vampires or werewolves and whatnot. Top tips for teen writers: Beth Reekles 2013-01-23T11:29:31Z

"An awful lot of writers are clinging on by their fingernails anyway," said romance novelist Jenny Haddon, treasurer of the Romantic Novelists' Association. Authors fear cut in income from library loans 2010-06-28T14:52:00Z

Professor Bowdre believes that "the highly sexualised and comical meanings placed on African-American bodies in the context of the United States" inhibit film-makers from allowing black characters to engage properly with romance. Race and the romcom: is Think Like a Man realistic or racist? 2012-06-25T09:44:31Z

The romance thickens predictably, the forces of tradition rise up to douse the light of progress, and, perhaps not quite soon enough, somebody ends up headless. Critic?s Notebook: ?The Boy Detective Fails? and ?The Hollow? at Signature Theater 2011-09-30T23:30:21Z

But while she is unmistakably a professional writer, her other profession matters, too: care is always a discipline in these pieces, never a romance. Sallie Tisdale’s Quietly Groundbreaking Essays About Caring for Others 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z

Mr. Wise seems romanced by their dedication and tries to match their bravado with his stylistic flourishes. Movie Review: ‘Somm,’ a Documentary by Jason Wise 2013-06-20T22:49:02Z

And in Wood's case, her torment was disguised as a rock n' roll romance, akin to the way Manson's anti-Semitism and racism is disguised as artistic irony employed for shock value. In HBO's enraging "Phoenix Rising," Evan Rachel Wood shows how her abuse was painted as rock romance 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z

At times the Nicky-Jess romance spins its wheels or grows a bit too languorous. Review: In ‘Focus,’ a Grifter (Will Smith) as Life Coach 2015-02-26T05:00:00Z

Stricken with shame when Rose learns the secret behind the night, Eddie sets out to make amends — and unlikely romance results. Before 'La La Land' and 'Dear Evan Hansen' there was 'Dogfight' 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z

Lucas now recoils from social interaction, while Lydia has become a helicopter sister, shunning romance and enabling her brother’s pathological shyness. Debut Novels About Families Fractured by Abuse, Displacement or Death 2019-08-16T04:00:00Z

We feel bad for the woman who is not getting the romance she wants. My lover, my client 2013-04-30T00:00:00Z

The romance feels real, and the fact that Woody Allen and Diane Keaton were once an item and then remained close friends certainly doesn’t hurt. My favorite best picture Oscar winner: Annie Hall 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z

As the man begins reading the letters, the movie shifts to the past, where it stays for much of the star-crossed, racism-infused romance. ‘A Jazzman’s Blues’ Review: Tyler Perry Revisits a Jim Crow-Era Romance 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z

He's appalled by the promise of dating agencies to "outsource" the risk of romance. Slavoj Žižek: 'Humanity is OK, but 99% of people are boring idiots' 2012-06-10T19:00:05Z

Her assurance to Alfredo’s father that she would step aside from her romance with his son to protect the honor of the Germont family was ineffably touching, her death scene even more so. Critic’s Notebook: Nature’s Power Meets Star Power in Santa Fe 2013-08-07T20:33:01Z

Belvy Klein’s romance with Dana Steinberg is reminiscent of a certain 1980s pop song. Love Rocks — And So Does a Walk Down the Aisle With Debbie Harry 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z

The story is a long, slow burn of a romance. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels to read this month 2017-11-06T05:00:00Z

This shying from real moral culpability affects the central romances too. ‘Seven Black Diamonds’ by Melissa Marr: Faeries for the environment 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z

It then listed her failed romances, bouts of depression and use of anti-depressants. A TV Star’s Suicide Prompts a Blame Game in Britain 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

But two other entries pack a more complete punch: the dystopian satire “Please Hold” and “The Dress,” about a woman with dwarfism considering a potential romance. Oscars 2022 Predictions: Who Will Win Best Picture, Actor and Actress? 2022-03-24T04:00:00Z

And, as in “Much Ado,” a nefarious character plots to thwart a rapturous young romance, for no particular reason other than general malignity. Critic’s Notebook: Stratford Shakespeare Festival, ‘Henry V’ and ‘Cymbeline’ 2012-08-19T21:11:38Z

“Puccini’s ravishingly melancholy work seemed, like many operas of its time, to romance death,” Ben Brantley wrote in his 1996 review for The New York Times. What’s on TV Sunday: ‘Rent’ and the SAG Awards 2019-01-27T05:00:00Z

The arrangements, with trumpets cackling and clarinets fluttering above a droll sousaphone bass line, laugh their way through songs full of romance and heartbreak. New Music: ‘La Misma Gran Senora’ by Jenni Rivera and ‘Tiresian Symmetry’ by Jason Robinson 2012-12-17T22:57:59Z

“The tension and sweetness of romance and people finding each other and connecting, not necessarily in a sexual way.” ‘Nicole Kidman asked for a part. Then it was fun to write a sequel’ 2017-07-08T04:00:00Z

In the film a grandfather reads a bedtime story to his video-gaming grandson, who at first resists the tale of romance and adventure but becomes completely engrossed. At Salzburg Festival, Two Bold Directors Claim Their Stages 2018-08-12T04:00:00Z

Cramer and director Chris Alexander put that spin in the opera’s first act, a flashback to Hoffmann’s youthful romance with a pretty automaton, Olympia. Costumes help tell ‘The Tales of Hoffmann’ at Seattle Opera 2014-04-23T19:38:37Z

Yet there is something to be said for the offbeat, and even the missed beat, when it comes to great romance. Andrew Gregory and Casey McIntyre: A YouTube Comedy Star and the Woman Who Keeps Him Laughing 2015-08-08T04:00:00Z

His final screen appearance was in 2008, when he played a small role in “David & Fatima,” an independent budget film about a romance between an Israeli Jew and a Muslim. Tony Curtis, Hollywood Icon, Dies at 85 2010-09-30T11:11:00Z

Overall, “Monkey King” lacked the charm of Western fairy tales, medieval chivalric romances or “The Arabian Nights,” each of which it occasionally resembles. Review | The action-packed saga ‘Monkey King: Journey to the West’ gets a modern take 2021-03-03T05:00:00Z

Was A Fool” takes a long look at failed romance through a dulcet split vocal. Tegan and Sara Bring Pop—and Heart, Of Course—to Heartthrob 2013-02-01T15:00:03Z

There’s a lot going on here — stylistic flourishes, comedic pratfalls, romance and science — but it’s handled deftly. Best science fiction and fantasy books to read this month 2017-06-05T04:00:00Z

I’m your usual moviegoer and thriller-reader: the romance of guys who choose their own moral code or have no moral code. My dinner with Alger Hiss 2017-08-27T04:00:00Z

But once the talk turned to romance, there was some possibly ill-conceived candor. Are her commitment issues a dealbreaker for him? 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z

Stepping inside the house, an atmospheric mix of old-world romance and Moroccan flourishes, Bergé was enchanted. Tour the Top Floor of Pierre Bergé's Paris Apartment 2015-04-07T04:00:00Z

Maggie also has the support of today’s de rigueur group of women friends, wise in the ways of romance. A Roundup of the Season’s Romance Novels 2017-09-26T04:00:00Z

He seems responsible beyond his years when caring for his family of younger siblings, yet he’s able to play the fool when romancing a schoolmate or pretending to worldliness. Movie Review: ?Boy? Expounds on Life in Maori Village 2012-03-02T00:41:11Z

The best way to approach “Zoe,” a science-fiction romance that debuts on Amazon Prime on July 20, would be to skip past the first 25 minutes. A Robot Romance on Amazon, American Indies and a ‘Taxi Driver’ Commentary 2018-07-13T04:00:00Z

In fact, laziness permeates the film from the inexplicable escapes to the neglected romance. Cruise crashes in nonsensical "Knight and Day" 2010-06-20T19:34:00Z

“I think because love is love and romance writers, we pride ourselves on writing stories that resonate with our readers,” Jenkins says. Love Knows No Color: Interracial Romance Novels Find Growing Audience and Acceptance 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z

The majority of erotic romance titles are written by women for women – and the authors are not necessarily what you might expect. Why we're putting the 'missing' sex scenes back into Charlotte Brontë 2012-07-17T14:30:04Z

"From Up on Poppy Hill," opening in U.S. movie theaters on Friday, is set in Japan in 1963 and focuses on a high school romance threatened by a secret. Miyazaki father and son team up for 'From Up on Poppy Hill' film 2013-03-14T18:46:12Z

But how did a Hollywood romance become so ugly, and what's happened since? Johnny Depp and Amber Heard's defamation trial: What to know 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z

It’s a comedy, a romance and a play of ideas rolled into one. Critic?s Notebook: Reconsidering ?Lobby Hero? by Kenneth Lonergan 2011-11-06T22:45:44Z

Creating a firestorm that drew enough international attention that James was able to create a writer-factory to churn out teen alien romance novels, befriend artists and intern for Gawker? James Frey will be doing Oprah again 2011-04-21T16:57:00Z

This is a memorable journey, with exquisitely drawn characters and a tremendous cast, that blends satire, melancholy and romance in unlikely but delicious fashion. A tasty fable about a hooker and a shrink 2011-08-26T20:27:00Z

Their romance has become integral to the series going forward, and the inspiration for countless works of fan art that Waititi keeps saved on his phone. What Makes Taika Waititi Run and Run and Run? 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z

It begins as a young man's simple quest for romance, which is ultimately a search for the meaning of life and death. Concertos take the lead at L.A. Phil, L.A. Chamber Orchestra 2014-11-17T05:00:00Z

Michael Russotto plays Mervyn with a blissfully light touch, though it still takes awhile for their bantering about Jewish roots, gender expectations and middle-age romance to find a good incisive edge. Wasserstein’s “Sisters Rosensweig” coasts on comedy at Theater J 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z

That friendship survived his rise in politics, his arrest, trial and prison term, eventually transforming into a partnership and romance. She loved Marion Barry, she married him — but don’t call Cora Masters Barry a widow

It was like the writers remembered about halfway through the episode, after the productive pharmacy run and burgeoning romances, that the second half of this season is supposed to be an unmitigated downer. ‘The Walking Dead’ Season 6, Episode 14: The Hair Makes the Man 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z

His decision came after he finished filming Phantom Thread, a dark romance set in 1950s postwar London which took Director Paul Thomas Anderson two years to research and write. Time to explore world after acting, triple Oscar winner Day-Lewis says 2018-02-01T05:00:00Z

They’ve rekindled their romance on stage with a kiss heard round the world. ‘Empire’ Season 3, Episode 9: The Enemy Within 2016-12-14T05:00:00Z

Jail seems like a harsh punishment for Mr. Thornsberry and those like him, but it’s worth noting that few of these teen romance stories are black and white. Motherlode Blog: Is jail the best place for the high school senior who slept with his freshman girlfriend? 2012-01-25T16:13:52Z

It’s notable that their relationship, while dramatically charged, is powered by mutual fascination and respect, rather than romance. Rebecca Ferguson on Mission: Impossible – ‘Tom says he makes the films for the audience. I don’t’ 2018-07-19T04:00:00Z

Which might take some of the romance and the spontaneity away from it. TV review: The Wedding Proposal; Inspector Montalbano 2012-02-12T22:05:01Z

Springsteen's website describes the "Born to Run" album as "a sheer epic fueled by tangible energy, the idealized notion of escape and the romance of youth." Springsteen 'Born to Run' manuscript at NY auction 2013-12-05T14:25:44Z

Singles is where people living with STDs can look for romance without ridicule and sex without shame. 9 of the quirkiest online dating sites 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z

In selections from Ravel’s “Miroirs,” too, he demonstrated an affinity with the French repertory and its intense romance with instrumental timbre. Music Review: Daniil Trifonov Returns to Carnegie Hall 2014-02-07T22:28:20Z

In any case, the professor appreciates all the romance. Love and Law: Recent Mergers in 1L, Section 6 2019-01-19T05:00:00Z

Passengers is intended to be a grand romance, but it’s also a story of a man manipulating a woman and depriving her of her agency. Look who's stalking: the new breed of creepy male film leads 2016-12-22T05:00:00Z

Fair enough, but I couldn’t help but wonder why we even bother with romance if all we’re supposed to do is breed. The science of “Steggy”: ’Shipping TV characters scratches these two biological itches 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z

But regardless, this romance is happening — Billy and Sadie share their first kiss before the pilot episode credits roll. ‘Doubt’ is the perfect TV show for Katherine Heigl because it’s totally fine but passionless 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z

Audiences responded to the organic ease with which Nanjiani and Gordon translated the most intense chapter of their romance into a script that goes down easy. Kumail Nanjiani and Emily V Gordon on Little America 2020-01-18T05:00:00Z

The Guild Hunter series involves archangels, vampires and the titular Guild Hunters in a world that mixes theology and mythology with mystery and romance. It’s binge-reading season. Here are the genre-bending romance series to fuel your addiction. 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z

According to a preview of the episode, Brown, whose romance with her first choice Jed Wyatt didn’t work out, will make an appearance. What’s on TV Monday: ‘The Bachelor’ and ‘The Family Farm’ 2020-01-06T05:00:00Z

In it, she complains that his use of their romance in the novel “1984” “absolutely destroys me,” but also expresses regret for spurning Orwell. Books of The Times: George Orwell’s Letters Fill Out a Complex Personality 2013-08-19T20:18:07Z

But how often today do we turn to the art of Eugène Delacroix, whose emulsified brush strokes of gold and black and carmine cohered into such splashy, but such sinister, visions of romance and empire? Delacroix, Warhol and More Art to Look Forward to This Fall 2018-09-12T04:00:00Z

This lovely album documents Lindsay's new life, songwriting sensors heightened by romance and discovery. Cheek Mountain Thief: Cheek Mountain Thief – review 2012-08-09T20:15:01Z

The effect is smart rather than confining, and the bedside Samsung tablet that controlled everything from room lighting — with various moods from “romance” to “business” — made an entertaining toy. Hotel Review: CitizenM in Manhattan 2014-12-23T05:00:00Z

They met in London shortly thereafter, and though Mr. Adair said that Ms. Dupree “looked great,” romance was not on his mind. That Little Boy She Used to Read to Has Turned the Page 2018-09-15T04:00:00Z

To this day, I still can’t resist Williams’ line, “But poetry, beauty, romance, love, these are what we stay alive for.” Why Robin Williams Was a Millennial Hero 2014-08-12T04:00:00Z

Opera Feroce’s witty staging mixed pathos and bathos, using 28 solo and ensemble pieces by English, German and Italian composers to illustrate the myth of the mortal Psyche’s romance with Cupid. Music Review: Variety Show, With Arias Thrown In 2010-10-25T22:48:00Z

Not surprisingly, the romance is where you want to be. 'If I Stay' asks life-and-death questions, with love as a referee 2014-08-21T04:00:00Z

What that year-by-year stocktaking actually delivered wasn't just scrutiny of the development of a romance; it was something rarer and more affecting. One Day: a waste of a good tome 2011-08-24T09:51:15Z

She and Mr. Stewart go for humor with the conceit in “Landlord” — that she’d prefer romance to rent money — but even backed by a lone acoustic guitar, Ms. Stone works herself up to desperate pleas. New Music: Career In Motion Discovers A Perch 2011-07-25T21:45:24Z

Shakespeare's archetypal romance is staged in a chamber version by the Seattle Shakespeare Company, directed by former Oregon Shakespeare Festival head Henry Woronicz. The Week Ahead: 'Somewhere' and new group Case Studies are A&E highlights 2011-01-06T00:04:04Z

Skating along the edge of heartbreak last year was “Obselidia,” an eccentric romance directed by Diane Bell, who’s sanguine about why she didn’t get a traditional distribution deal. Sundance Offer New Video Streaming for Films 2012-01-04T18:01:42Z

Which is why we need the Other Valentine’s Day, a day of celebration for those who would rather not celebrate romance right about now. T Magazine: The Other Valentine's Day 2011-02-10T22:51:01Z

That night, I had an odd realization: Some of the greatest romances of my life have been friendships. When Your Greatest Romance Is a Friendship 2017-02-24T05:00:00Z

The fantastically popular teen romance The Fault in Our Stars is headed for Bollywood fame. The Fault in Our Stars Is Coming to Bollywood 2014-08-06T04:00:00Z

But I think that little bit of text - "A friendship between college girls is grander and more dramatic than any romance…" – really gets at what Girls is going for, and why it's important. Girls season two review: surprises and disappointments 2013-03-18T15:24:16Z

It seems like he never left, what with the various rumors and sightings, reports about haircuts and breathless dispatches about Kit Harington’s romance with the equally dead, in “Thrones” terms, Rose Leslie. ‘Game of Thrones’ Season 6, Episode 1: Picking Up the Jagged Pieces 2016-04-24T04:00:00Z

“Looking for Alaska” won the Michael L. Printz Award, and depicts a teenage boarding school romance gone awry. ‘Fault in Our Stars’ Team to Adapt Another Novel 2015-03-01T05:00:00Z

Its resurfacing brings with it the same surprise delight of discovering Kathleen Collins’s whimsical romance, “Losing Ground,” which was made in 1982 but went largely unseen until a few years ago. ‘Vengeance Is Mine’ Review: A Tangled Web of Human Impulse 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z

It’s all rose petals and romance—until around the 1:30 mark, when things get darker. Is The Bachelorette Already Slut-Shaming Kaitlyn Bristowe? 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z

They embarked on a covert romance, stealing sweet nothings during idle moments and kisses in stairwells, so as to not detract from their jobs. At the Opera, a Losing Battle Against Romance 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z

He reads it and feels compelled to produce it — against considerable odds, since it’s a period romance. Review | Epix’s ‘Get Shorty’ reboot is excellent. Now to find where Epix is . . . 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z

The Winter’s Tale Shakespeare’s tragicomedy about court intrigue, romance and obsession, reimagined as a fairytale. L.A. theater openings, Jan. 1-8: 'Rent' and more 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z

The situation for romance and stationery is not nearly so bleak as you may have heard. Stationery stores are in trouble, but our love for Valentine’s Day cards burns hotter than ever 2020-02-11T05:00:00Z

The show, a romance set in Venice, with a book by Arthur Laurents based on his play “The Time of the Cuckoo,” will close out the 2015-16 Encores! season at City Center. Encores! Season Will Feature Sondheim and '1776' 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z

The five "Twilight" films, which followed the romance between a vampire, human and werewolf, grossed more than $3.3 billion at the global box office and put studio Summit into Hollywood's big leagues. Kate Winslet joins upcoming young adult film "Divergent" 2013-03-22T00:49:27Z

The first, “Folly,” centers on the asymmetrical romance between Alice and Ezra. Lisa Halliday’s Debut Novel Is Drawing Comparisons to Philip Roth. Though Not for the Reasons You Might Think. 2018-02-02T05:00:00Z

Is this inevitable, highly charged romance finally taking flight?? 'Broadchurch' Season 2, Episode 2 Recap: It Takes Two 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z

Sometimes the most rewarding romance is the kind that throws the most mundane life into beautiful chaos. ‘Earl Takes All,’ ‘Magnate,’ ‘CEO’: Sarah MacLean picks the best new romance novels 2016-04-26T04:00:00Z

The awards, which recognize “excellence in published romance novels and novellas,” are typically given during the trade organization’s annual conference in the summer. Romance Writers of America Cancels Awards Program 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z

Will Angel forsake her deep friendship for romance? Dark Clouds Over London Stages 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z

Mescal’s slate of forthcoming onscreen projects, which includes the gay World War I romance “The History of Sound” and the British director Andrew Haigh’s “Strangers,” is still lacking in big blockbuster titles. Paul Mescal Has Been Working Things Out 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z

Whether it’s at school, on a sports team, or in romance, girls will encounter challenges in relationship that are trivial or intractable. What Girls Really Need to Know About Friendships 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z

To me those derelict buildings breathed the romance of history, whispering, the present decays; the past remains. A Turkish Idyll Lost in Time 2011-07-08T19:03:11Z

During much of her later career, Taylor's waistline, various diets, diet books and tangled romances were the butt of jokes by Joan Rivers and others. Quintessential star Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79 2011-03-24T10:32:15Z

Though "Fiddler" begins with an embrace of rigid tradition, it's not long before romance finds new ways around it. How "Fiddler on the Roof" helped usher in the Jewish Pride movement of the 1960s 2023-07-08T04:00:00Z

Nor does the hokey story and chaste romance. Miley Cyrus all grown up in new movie 2010-03-31T02:33:00Z

For whatever reason, “Fifty Shades” was the book that tapped into a latent mainstream hunger for erotic romance. “People are at their most vulnerable when they’re naked together”: The rise of erotic romance 2014-01-04T00:00:00Z

When Rachel says, “You need to get over me,” it’s both a wry joke about tragic romances, and an actual tragic romance. ‘UnREAL’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘You Need to Get Over Me’ 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z

It helps that Swift, now 31, hasn’t outgrown her preoccupation with high school romance. Review | Taylor Swift’s new take on ‘Fearless’ piles on the nostalgia, along with some revenge 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z

The editors divide them into eight categories: war, women, science, romance, work ethic versus fame and fortune, behavior, “the band director” and futuristic. How Kurt Vonnegut Found His Voice and His Themes 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z

Over the campfire guitar pluckings of “Yosemite,” the singer imagines an impossible romance in which two lovers never change. Review | Lana Del Rey makes music out of vague, vivid memories. How will it be remembered? 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z

Beginning with these mini-monologues and ending with a happy hour, Me So Far is one in a spate of recently founded dating services that are spurning that purported fount of modern romance, the Internet. No Scrolling Required at New Dating Sites 2012-04-13T22:15:04Z

Firmly anchored as it is in reality, it isn't above using the heightening devices of romance and picaresque. The Blind Man's Garden by Nadeem Aslam – review 2013-01-31T07:01:01Z

They want to return to bars and restaurants, to date and find romance, to play softball on the weekends and dive once more into the wild surf. Rediscovering Wine After Covid-19 2020-05-28T04:00:00Z

There is a particular joy in romance novels in which two wonderful people find each other, and a well-deserved happily ever after, and this one delivers on all levels. Best romance novels to ravish in early summer 2016-05-31T04:00:00Z

It’s also welcome and wonderful to see a book that shows queer women dealing with the aftermath of divorce and the tangled difficulties of turning deep friendship into long-distance romance. Heart-Hammering Science Fiction and Fantasy Thrillers 2018-06-22T04:00:00Z

That’s one way to describe this deft mixture of cinéma vérité, ethnographic documentary, feminist social realism and class-conscious revolutionary romance. A Feminist, Neorealist, Communist Film, and a Plain Great Movie 2022-07-06T04:00:00Z

“The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1,” racked up $22.1 million last week at the mainland Chinese box office but was bested for top spot by the local romance “Somewhere Only We Know.” At China box office, local romance bests 'Hunger Games' 2015-02-17T05:00:00Z

And for all of the show’s hotheaded teen romances, it is the chronic love affair called marriage that gets the most air time. On ?Friday Night Lights? the Other Side of the Tracks 2010-04-24T20:10:00Z

At over three hours, this film is longer than most voyages, but manages to be a genuine action romance. The Guide's 1,000th issue - 1994-1999 2013-01-05T00:02:00Z

Though its central romance is a bit too much of a bodice-ripper the strength of this tale lies in its formidable heroine, Mariko. Best science fiction and fantasy to read in May 2017-05-03T04:00:00Z

At their best, romance novels are more than great love stories; they are great love stories intertwined with the best of other genres. Sarah MacLean picks the best romance novels for November 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z

You would not usually care about the various romances of some landed gentleman. Chickens: What The Inbetweeners did next 2011-08-29T21:00:00Z

It is one of the last remaining true grand hotels that manages to maintain the forgotten romance of a past era of traveling. | Paul Kominek 2011-07-15T12:00:17Z

A queasy romance follows, treading a line between grim exploitation and surreal fairytale, one that reaches its climax with one of the strangest, least comfortable sex scenes in recent memory. Life on fast forward 2012-06-22T23:00:00Z

In the popular imagination of the West, Lebanon is most frequently invoked as a place of ruin and strife, not romance and enchantment. ‘Skies of Lebanon’ Review: A Beautiful Life, for a While 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z

The novel follows Tessa Johnson, a 16-year-old who adores romance novels so much that she writes fictional love stories of her own. 6 Y.A. Love Stories to Add to Your Reading List 2022-09-10T04:00:00Z

In this way, email by email, Rutter wooed Ephron, and after a few weeks of potent correspondence, they met in person and their epistolary romance blossomed into the real thing. Delia Ephron Writes Her Way Through Cancer to a Happy Ending 2022-04-09T04:00:00Z

This time, however, they're locked into a relationship from which all trappings of romance have been torn away. Michael Haneke's Amour gives love an unsettling closeup 2012-11-19T15:08:28Z

For "Twilight's" Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, you had to wonder whether there was something more beyond the steamy vampire romance. 30 actors under 30 who matter 2014-07-11T04:00:00Z

It’s also not someone who isn’t really into romance or sex and prefers to spend her leisure time on other things. 4 reasons you should never ask a woman why she’s single 2014-07-30T04:00:00Z

Perhaps no group of people has thought more deeply about the complicated sound of passion than these narrators who speak the words that romance authors set down on paper. Review | What does passion sound like? How five audiobook actors talk sexy. 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

In “On,” she stacks up choirlike vocals as she moves on from a romance: “We can’t go forward,” she decides, as a double time club beat ticks quietly behind her. Blackpink and Selena Gomez’s Summery Treat, and 11 More New Songs 2020-08-28T04:00:00Z

Much of the detail in Ammonite is derived from this kind of maternal melodrama: romance kindled through caregiving. Ammonite is not the evolutionary leap for lesbian film it thinks it is 2020-10-27T04:00:00Z

But the premise of the romance remains fundamentally similar to the one in "The Sound of Music" — a traumatized widower falls in love with a stranger who just shows up at the door. What our love for widower rom-coms says about our flawed search for love 2022-12-13T05:00:00Z

Five years ago, when your movie “Beyond the Lights” was on Netflix, you complained that the streaming algorithm grouped it with other Black films instead of other romances. Gina Prince-Bythewood Made a Summer Blockbuster. It’s About Time. 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z

The film, which makes multiple leaps in time, follows their interactions over the years as they ponder the romance that might have been but wasn’t. Summer Movies 2023: Here’s What’s Coming to Theaters and Streaming 2023-05-24T04:00:00Z

Their story, like many gay romances from the time, does not end happily: Despite their wishes, they were not buried together. 5 Ways to Celebrate Pride Away From the Mainstream 2018-06-21T04:00:00Z

The revelation would complicate the burgeoning Fire and Ice romance in at least a couple of ways. ‘Game of Thrones’: 7 Questions for the Season 7 Finale 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z

The romance between Taylor and Burton was a headache for us all because every day's shoot depended on whether they'd got on well the night before. How we made Cleopatra 2013-07-15T17:59:00Z

After so much experience with films, Mr. Rahman made his concert its own kind of narrative, moving through lofty contemplation and yearning romance to dancing for joy. Review: A. R. Rahman, Full of Bollywood Hits at the Beacon 2015-05-29T04:00:00Z

Rumors of a romance first began in 2010 but the duo were first photographed spending the New Year together in Hawaii. Charlize Theron and Sean Penn Split 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z

Inexorably, the revolutionary passion turns into a summer romance. Something in the Air (Après Mai) – review 2013-05-23T14:38:00Z

It’s the month of out-of-office auto replies, finally breaking heat waves, and — if the songs about August are to believed, anyway — waning summer romances. 8 Songs About August 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z

“In a pattern often repeated, her career took off while her personal life was in tatters,” it said, after discussing her first public romance. A TV Star’s Suicide Prompts a Blame Game in Britain 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z

He told her she was drunk and said no, but that invitation set the wheels of romance in motion. They Got Married on a Mountaintop 2021-01-08T05:00:00Z

If full-throated love ballads and thundering militaristic anthems, baggy plots, highly expositional dialogue and doomed romances are your cup of tea, fire up the samovar and give the show a try. Review: ‘Doctor Zhivago,’ the Broadway Musical 2015-04-21T04:00:00Z

Miller has a funny routine in the scene in which the guys are all out bowling; he assesses their success in romance, status and personal image, and factors that into their actual bowling score. Film review: She's Out of My League 2010-06-03T22:20:00Z

“I don’t really care what anyone thinks, or if people go, ‘Oh, it’s a romance novel and you’re not a serious person.’” Mary Trump and E. Jean Carroll Are Collaborating on a Romance Novel. No Politics Allowed. 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z

"The Map of the Sky" isn't a thriller, science fiction or fantasy, and it's not horror or a romance. 'The Map of the Sky': conjuring world's end in the name of true love 2012-10-10T22:09:05Z

"In real life, we romance and get on each other's nerves and laugh and do all the things that any other race of people do," he told Hello! Where's the love, "You People"? The frustration of Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill's interracial rom-com 2023-02-02T05:00:00Z

"In truth, there is no romance there," the source said. Maksim Chmerkovskiy, Meryl Davis declare: 'We're not dating' 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z

William later acknowledged that the couple’s romance wobbled for several months, saying they were both young and trying to find their way. Duchess of Cambridge, the reliable royal, turns 40 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z

His time away at school doesn’t correspond to what we think of as the college experience; nor is his romance likely to lead where a parent might hope. ‘Life, Animated,’ by Ron Suskind 2014-05-21T04:00:00Z

He’s seen too many adaptations that either scrape away the comedy in favor of the romance or amp up the comedy until it gets too broad. Whit Stillman Pays a Visit to Jane Austen 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z

The most moving entries involve no romance at all, but rather familial bonds, and loss, and how with a kiss we seek to demonstrate the depths of devotion or grief when words fail. Writers Pay Lip Service to a Universal Gesture of Love 2018-02-08T05:00:00Z

Amid the guitar strumming, they stay unsentimental; there’s far more banter than romance. Critics? Choice: New CDs 2010-08-29T21:53:00Z

The "Twilight" vampire romance series took home four People's Choice trophies: favorite movie, favorite franchise, top on-screen team for its actors, and one of its stars, Taylor Lautner, landed the award for breakthrough movie actor. 2010-01-07T22:37:00Z

Last year saw two fact-based films about interracial romance – the subdued yet powerful Loving and this less subdued but still rather stirring drama. Nah Nah Land: the hyped films that failed to get any Oscar nominations 2017-01-25T05:00:00Z

“Industry sages keep putting Ms. Witherspoon in romances, which is like putting a shark in a tank with a bobbing basket of kittens,” Ms. Dargis wrote in The Times in February. DVD: ‘The Big Heat’ and ‘Walking Tall’ Are Out on DVD 2012-05-25T21:19:36Z